8.334 | Spring 2014 | Graduate

Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields

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Lecture 14: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 2

Description: In this lecture, Prof. Kardar introduces the Perturbative Renormalization Group, including the Niemeijer-van Leeuwen Cumulant Approximation and the Migdal-Kadanoff Bond Moving Approximation.

Instructor: Prof. Mehran Kardar

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