Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-304/2/b/ii/solution

For the two-point graph, and , so its superficial degree of divergence in three dimensions is
Its additive mass-squared counterterm is therefore proportional to ; writing that counterterm as gives the dimensionless scaling , or when coupling factors are suppressed as in the question. For the six-point graph, and , so and its ultraviolet divergence is logarithmic:
Suppressing powers of yields the two stated estimates.
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