Large-loop asymptotic conjecture for the primitive beta function

Let b2Lprimb2^{\mathrm{prim}}_L denote the contribution to the beta function from primitive vertex-type graphs at loop order LL, and let βˉL\bar\beta_L be the asymptotic expression displayed below, with NN the number of vector components, AA the constant appearing in that expression, and γE\gamma_{\mathrm E} Euler's constant.

\bar \beta_L=\Gammaleft(L+\frac{N+10}{2}\right)\frac{36\cdot3^{\frac{N+1}{2}}}{\pi\Gammaleft(2+\frac N2\right)A^{2N+4}\right)e^{-\frac32-\frac{N+8}{3}\left(\frac34+\gamma_{\mathrm E}\right)}.

Primitive beta-function asymptotic conjecture. The leading growth of the primitive beta function satisfies

βLprimβˉL(1+O(1L)).\beta^{\mathrm{prim}}_L\sim\bar\beta_L\left(1+\mathcal O\left(\frac1L\right)\right).

This is the conjectured coincidence between the leading asymptotic growth of the primitive beta function and that of the full beta function in minimal subtraction. The supplied text reports numerical results through 17 loops but gives no proof or resolution.

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Paul-Hermann Balduf and Johannes Thürigen, “Primitive asymptotics in ϕ^4 vector theory”, arXiv:2412.08617 (2026).

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