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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 304 2 ii Solution by
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The kinetic term fixes the mass dimension of the scalar field, and the interaction then fixes that of its coupling:A relevant coupling has positive mass dimension; a marginal coupling has zero mass dimension. ThereforeFor integer dimensions the complete interacting list isIf the noninteracting terms are included, their couplings have mass dimensions and , respectively, and are relevant for every positive . This is a classification by power counting in quantum field theory; it does not assert the stability of odd monomial potentials.
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