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- From: srw@horus.ps.uci.edu (Steven White)
- Subject: Re: Renormalization Group
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- References: <1992Jul30.150435@ece.arizona.edu>
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- Date: 31 Jul 92 16:42:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul30.150435@ece.arizona.edu>, nadar@ece.arizona.edu (Mariappan S. Nadar) writes:
- |> I was wondering if someone could provide me with references to
- |> Renormalization Group theory in Statistical Physics.
- |>
- |> My knowledge in Physics is limited to the undergraduate curriculum
- |> in Engineering.
- |>
- |> So I would prefer references (articles) of the "popular science" type.
- |>
- |> Mariappan S. Nadar
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- K.G. Wilson, who for the most part invented the renormalization group,
- wrote an article for Scientific American. I don't have the reference
- at the moment, but I think it would be late 70's or very early 80's.
-
- I'm not sure, however, that you will find it especially enlightening.
- The renormalization group is a little hard to describe at an elementary
- level.
-
- Steve White
-