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An outline is given of the position space renormalization group approach to phase transition and critical phenomena. The method is illustrated by simple examples of renormalization transformations for the two-dimensional Ising model.
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van Leeuwen, J.M.J. (1978). Position space renormalization group. In: Kramer, P., Rieckers, A. (eds) Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 79. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-08848-2_17
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