On the Renormalization Group Explanation of Universality.

It is commonly claimed that the universality of critical phenomena is explained through particular applications of the renormalization group (RG). This article has three aims: to clarify the structure of the explanation of universality, to discuss the physics of such RG explanations, and to examine...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 225 - 249
Main Author:	Franklin, Alexander
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Apr2018
Subjects:	Renormalization group Probability theory Ising model Quantum field theory Statistical mechanics
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