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arxiv: 2211.07233 · v4 · submitted 2022-11-14 · 🧮 math-ph · hep-th· math.MP

Multiscale Loop Vertex Expansion for Cumulants, the T₃⁴ Model

Vincent Rivasseau This is my paper

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keywords tensor field theorycumulantsloop vertex expansionBorel summabilityanalyticityT3^4 modelmultiscale expansion
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The multi-scale loop vertex expansion constructs analytic and Borel-summable cumulants for the T3^4 tensor field theory up to any finite order.

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The paper applies the multi-scale loop vertex expansion to build the cumulants of a tensor field theory with a quartic interaction, called the T3^4 model. It establishes that these cumulants exist at every finite order, depend analytically on the coupling, and that their perturbative series are Borel summable. This supplies a controlled, order-by-order definition of the correlation functions in a model that arises in quantum gravity approaches. A reader would care because such expansions are a prerequisite for making tensor models mathematically well-defined beyond formal perturbation theory.

Core claim

We construct cumulants up to a finite order of a tensor field theory perturbed by a quartic term, nicknamed the T3^4 model. The method we use is the multi-scale loop vertex expansion. We prove analyticity and Borel summability of the cumulants up to finite order.

What carries the argument

The multi-scale loop vertex expansion, which decomposes the perturbative series into scale slices and reorganizes it via loop vertices to control the expansion.

If this is right

  • Cumulants are rigorously defined at each finite order of the expansion.
  • Analyticity in the coupling constant holds in a neighborhood of the origin.
  • Borel summability of the series at each order allows unique resummation inside the radius of convergence.
  • The construction provides a starting point for studying the model beyond formal power series.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same expansion technique could be tested on tensor models with higher-degree interactions.
  • Success at finite orders raises the question of whether a full non-perturbative limit can be taken by letting the order go to infinity.
  • The method may connect to constructive techniques already used in lower-dimensional quantum field theories.

Load-bearing premise

The multi-scale loop vertex expansion applies directly to the T3^4 model without model-specific obstructions that would prevent defining the cumulants at finite order.

What would settle it

An explicit computation at some finite order that produces a cumulant which is either non-analytic in the coupling or whose series is not Borel summable would disprove the result.

Figures

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Figure 3. Figure 3: Domain of analyticity of f and of its Borel transform B. Theorem 3. A function f(λ, N ) with λ ∈ C and N ∈ N ∩ [M2 , ∞[×[N 3 ∩ B(M)]2k (63) is said to be Borel summable in λ uniformly in N if: • f(λ, N ) is analytic in a disk ℜ(λ −1 ) > (2R) −1 with R ∈ R+ indepen￾dent of N . • f(λ, N ) admits a Taylor expansion at the origin with uniform bound on the Taylor remainder: f(λ, N ) = Xr−1 k=0 fN ,kλ k + RN ,r(… view at source ↗
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We construct cumulants up to a finite order of a tensor field theory perturbed by a quartic term, nicknamed the $T_3^4$ model. The method we use is the multi-scale loop vertex expansion. We prove analyticity and Borel summability of the cumulants up to finite order.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper constructs the cumulants up to finite order for the T_3^4 tensor field theory model perturbed by a quartic interaction, using the multi-scale loop vertex expansion. It claims to prove analyticity and Borel summability of these finite-order cumulants.

Significance. If the claimed proofs hold, the result would establish a rigorous constructive method for handling perturbative cumulants in tensor models via an established multi-scale expansion technique. This is valuable for advancing non-perturbative control in tensor field theories, particularly where standard perturbative series require summability arguments. The finite-order restriction avoids some of the usual obstructions in infinite-order constructions.

minor comments (1)
  1. The abstract states the main results but provides no indication of the specific bounds or error estimates obtained in the multi-scale analysis; expanding this would help readers assess the scope immediately.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their summary of our work constructing finite-order cumulants in the T_3^4 model via the multi-scale loop vertex expansion and proving their analyticity and Borel summability. The recommendation is listed as uncertain, but the report contains no specific major comments to address.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation is a direct application of an established method

full rationale

The paper constructs finite-order cumulants for the T₃⁴ model via the multi-scale loop vertex expansion and proves their analyticity and Borel summability. The abstract and description frame this as a straightforward application of a pre-existing technique to the quartic tensor perturbation, with no equations or steps shown that reduce the claimed summability or cumulants to a fitted parameter, self-defined quantity, or load-bearing self-citation chain. The central result remains independent of the paper's own inputs by construction, consistent with a standard technical construction in the field.

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axioms (1)
  • standard math Standard properties of analytic continuation and Borel summation hold for the perturbative series generated by the multi-scale loop vertex expansion.
    The proof of analyticity and Borel summability presupposes these classical analytic-function results.

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