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The small denominator lies near $x=0$ when $\gamma$ approaches $1$. Its two contributions balance when $\gamma -1=O(\epsilon )$ and $x=O(\epsilon )$. Letwith fixed real $\eta$. Then $1-\gamma +\gamma x=\epsilon (s-\eta )+O({\epsilon }^2)$ and $\log (2-x)=L+O(\epsilon s)$ in the contributing region. The endpoint transition of a regularized interior pole givesIndeed, the leading scaled integral is ${\epsilon }^{-1}{\int }_0^{\infty }[(s-\eta {)}^2+L^2{]}^{-1}ds$. The upper endpoint can be sent to infinity at leading order because the omitted tail contributes only $O(1)$ to the original integral. At $\gamma =1$ the result is $\pi /(2\epsilon \log 2)$: only one half of the narrow peak lies in the domain.

This formula provides the required matching. For $\eta \to -\infty$, $\pi /2+\arctan (\eta /L)\sim -L/\eta$, giving $I\sim 1/(1-\gamma )$. For $\eta \to +\infty$ it tends to $\pi$, giving $I\sim \pi /(\epsilon \log 2)$, the $\gamma \downarrow 1$ limit of the interior-peak approximation. These are overlap regions with $\epsilon \ll |\gamma -1|\ll 1$, not assertions that the fixed-$\eta$ remainder is uniform to arbitrarily large $\eta$.