Renormalization Methods: A Guide for Beginners

Normalization Of Fourier Integrals -- Notation For Chapters 1-4 And 7-10 -- Notation For Chapters 5, 6, And 11 -- I. What Is Renormalization? -- 1. Bedrock Problem: Why We Need Renormalization Methods -- 2. Easy Applications Of Renormalization Group To Simple Models -- 3. Mean-field Theories For Simple Models -- Ii. Renormalized Perturbation Theories -- 4. Perturbation Theory Using A Control Parameter -- 5. Classical Nonlinear Systems Driven By Random Noise -- 6. Application Of Renormalized Perturbation Theories To Turbulence And Related Problems -- Iii. Renormalization Group (rg) -- 7. Setting The Scene: Critical Phenomena -- 8. Real-space Renormalization Group -- 9. Momentum-space Renormalization Group -- 10. Field-theoretic Renormalization Group -- 11. Dynamical Renormalization Group Applied To Classical Nonlinear System -- Iv. Appendices -- A. Statistical Ensembles -- B. From Statistical Mechanics To Thermodynamics -- C. Exact Solutions In One And Two Dimensions -- D. Quantum Treatment Of The Hamiltonian N-body Assembly -- E. Generalization Of The Bogoliubov Variational Method To A Spatially Varying Magnetic Field. W.d. Mccomb. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [320]-321) And Index.