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American Journal of Physics

Teaching the renormalization group

Humphrey J. Maris, Leo P. Kadanoff

Published Jun 1, 1978• 171 citations
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Abstract

The renormalization group theory of second-order phase transitions is described in a form suitable for presentation as part of an undergraduate statistical physics course.
DOI
10.1119/1.11224

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