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The Renormalisation Group

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Gravity is perhaps the most intriguing force in nature. Unlike the other fundamental interactions, gravity is embodied in the curvature of the very arena in which all natural processes occur. It is the presence of matter in the universe that tells the geometry of space-time how it should curve and warp.

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    for simplicity we assume there are no marginal directions.

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Falls, K. (2013). The Renormalisation Group. In: Asymptotic Safety and Black Holes. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01294-0_2

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