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2103.05991

Rigorous computer-assisted bounds on renormalisation fixed point functions, eigenfunctions, and universal constants

Andrew Burbanks, Andrew Osbaldestin, Judi Thurlby

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Strong Field
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Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

Audit review

The paper establishes the contraction on B(G0,ρ) with explicit bounds ρ=10^−409, ε<7×10^−410, κ<1.3×10^−99 and proves existence/uniqueness of G* (and hence g*), as well as rigorous ≥400-digit bounds for a, α, δ and γ, exactly as stated in Sections 2–4 of the paper . The model’s outline matches the paper’s method for the fixed point and the δ-eigenpair, but it formulates the noise-scaling eigenproblem incorrectly: the paper writes LW − ϕ(W)^2 W = 0 with γ = ϕ(W) (so the eigenvalue of L is γ^2), whereas the model drops the square and uses LW − ϕ(W) W = 0 while still identifying γ = ϕ(W). This mismatch contradicts the paper’s derivation and numerical bounds for γ .

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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field

\textbf{Justification:}

This work provides a rigorous, well-structured, and computationally robust contraction-mapping proof yielding certified high-precision bounds for the Feigenbaum fixed point and universality constants, including the noise-scaling constant. The methodology is mature and carefully implemented, and the results sharpen prior rigorous bounds. A few clarifications (explicit squared form in the noise eigenproblem, brief note on critical-point nondegeneracy) would improve exposition but do not affect correctness.