Solution

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For the interaction sign in this paper, the cubic Feynman rule is , while the scalar Feynman propagator is . Each exchange graph therefore contributes to . The three graphs give
The equal-mass Mandelstam variables satisfy , so . In the physical elastic region with , none of these denominators vanishes, and the tree amplitude is real up to its irrelevant overall convention. Thus
The square includes interference between all three channels; summing their individual squared contributions would omit physical cross terms. If a denominator approaches a pole, retain the Feynman i-epsilon prescription in the modulus before taking a limit.

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