Solution

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The leading infrared terms cancel in the observable sum:
This infrared cancellation in large-scale structure follows from the Equivalence principle: a sufficiently long-wavelength displacement translates short-scale structure without changing an equal-time power spectrum.
The ultraviolet part of is proportional to and depends on the cutoff . The leading deterministic effective field theory of large-scale structure counterterm has exactly this shape,
Its cutoff-dependent part can be chosen as
which cancels the stated . The ultraviolet contribution begins at and, when cutoff sensitive, is absorbed by higher-derivative or stochastic counterterms.
Physically, coarse graining the matter equations does not justify setting the short-scale stress to zero. Unresolved multistreaming and nonlinear motion generate an effective pressure and viscosity. Their leading derivative contribution to the Euler equation is proportional to , producing the required correction and making long-distance predictions independent of the arbitrary cutoff.

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