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		contravariant on July 5, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Deep Learning Works II: the Renormalization Gr... Do you happen to know any good introductory texts to the renormalization group?

selimthegrim on July 5, 2015 [–]

The standard one in use at Santa Barbara is http://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Transitions-Renormalization-F...

Some others I have sitting beside me at my desk right now are http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Critical-Phenomena-Introduction..., http://www.amazon.com/Renormalization-Introduction-Operator-... and http://www.amazon.com/Renormalization-Methods-Guide-For-Begi...

The most modern treatment is probably http://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Renormalization-Statistical-Ph...

(For God's sake, stay away from anything written by Zinn-Justin, Itzykson, or Zuber unless you know what you're doing)

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