Real Space Renormalization Group

Abstract

The renormalization-group ideas of Wilson have been applied with striking success in the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. Renormalization methods in both momentum space and real space have been developed. Real-space renormalization has proved particularly useful in the analysis of low-dimensional systems. The approach has an intuitive simplicity and has been applied to a wide variety of physical problems which goes well beyond critical phenomena. Real-Space Renormalization, the first volume devoted entirely to the subject, is a review of the present state of the art. Separated abstracts were prepared for the chapters of this book.