We apply the nonperturbative optimized linear $\ensuremath{\delta}$ expansion method to the
O(N) scalar field model in three dimensions to determine the transition temperature of a dilute homogeneous Bose gas. Our results show that the shift of the transition temperature $\ensuremath{\Delta}{T}_{c}{/T}_{c}$ of the interacting model, compared with the ideal-gas transition temperature, really behaves as $\ensuremath{\gamma}{\mathrm{an}}^{1/3}$ where a is the s-wave scattering length and n is the number density. For
N=2 our calculations yield the value $\ensuremath{\gamma}=3.059.$
The leading-order effect of interactions on a homogeneous Bose gas is theoretically predicted to shift the critical temperature by an amount $\ensuremath{\Delta}{T}_{c}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\mathrm{ca}}_{\mathrm{sc}}{n}^{1/3}{T}_{0}$ from the ideal gas result
T0, where
asc is the scattering length,
n is the density, and
c is a pure number. There have been several different theoretical estimates for
c. We claim to settle the issue by measuring the numerical coefficient in a lattice simulation of O(2) ${\ensuremath{\varphi}}^{4}$ field theory in three dimensions---an effective theory which, as observed previously in the literature, can be systematically matched to the dilute Bose gas problem to reproduce nonuniversal quantities such as the critical temperature. We find $c\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}1.32\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02$.