Properties of the $ϵ$-Expansion, Lagrange Inversion and Associahedra and the $O(1)$ Model

Abstract

We discuss properties of the $ϵ$-expansion in $d=4-ϵ$ dimensions. Using Lagrange inversion we write down an exact expression for the value of the Wilson-Fisher fixed point coupling order by order in $ϵ$ in terms of the beta function coefficients. The $ϵ$-expansion is combinatoric in the sense that the Wilson-Fisher fixed point coupling at each order depends on the beta function coefficients via Bell polynomials. Using certain properties of Lagrange inversion we then argue that the $ϵ$-expansion of the Wilson-Fisher fixed point coupling equally well can be viewed as a geometric expansion which is controlled by the facial structure of associahedra. We then write down an exact expression for the value of anomalous dimensions at the Wilson-Fisher fixed point order by order in $ϵ$ in terms of the coefficients of the beta function and anomalous dimensions. We finally use our general results to compute the values for the Wilson-fisher fixed point coupling and critical exponents for the scalar $O(1)$ symmetric model to $O({ϵ}^7)$.

Comments: 17 pages, 2 figures