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Two-loop inverse-coupling logarithmic remainder (a−1=β0​L+(β1​/β0​)logL+O(logL/L))

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For the asymptotically free two-loop running coupling da/dlogμ=−β0​a2−β1​a3, with β0​>0, let y=1/a, c=β1​/β0​, and L=log(μ/Λ). A choice of the scale Λ gives the exact implicit equation y−clog((y+c)/β0​)=β0​L on the ultraviolet branch. Its expansion is
y=β0​L+clogL+β0​c2​LlogL+1​+O(L2(logL)2​).
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The remainder after the first two terms is therefore O(logL/L), and is not O(1/L) when β1​=0. A fixed rescaling of Λ cannot change the coefficient of logL/L. This distinction matters when quoting errors for asymptotic expansions.

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