Renormalization methods
by W. D. McComb · first published 2004
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…written and structured. Beyond that the usual suspects are good enough for me, I just don't like L&L. I'm probably forgetting something. It's not exactly statmech but I really like McComb's introductory renormalization methods book.
on “Free Math Books” ↗…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…
on “Why Deep Learning Works II: the Renormalization Group” ↗Me too. FWIW I pointed out https://www.amazon.com/Renormalization-Methods-William-David... to an expert and they said it looked promising (only based on that page).
on “The Numerical Renormalization Group (2016)” ↗…in the context of qft. that's no small feat but since it's a pretty universally studied grad core subject there's a lot of material. this book was actually suggested to me here https://www.amazon.com/Renormalization-Methods-William-David... two good (Gentle) senior undergrad books are https://www.amazon.com/Student-Friendly-Quantum-Field-Theory... https://www.amazon.com/Field-Quantization-Walter-Greiner/dp/... and then…
on “How Feynman Diagrams Revolutionized Physics” ↗…Somebody else plugged 't Hooft here http://www.goodtheorist.science/ But there it is again. Now is a good time to speak of renormalization: There is an intro book out there: https://www.amazon.com/Renormalization-Methods-William-David... It's okay but I have yet to derive more utility from it than from various field theory books. Oh and studying complex singular integrals in isolation is good too. Generally have some…
on “Ask HN: How do I learn math/physics in my thirties?” ↗