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Using an expansion based on the renormalization group philosophy we prove that for a T step weakly self-avoiding random walk in five or more dimensions the variance of the endpoint is of order T and the scaling limit is gaussian, as T→∞.
Work partially supported by N.S.F. Grant DMR 81-00417
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Brydges, D., Spencer, T. (1985). Self-Avoiding Walk in 5 or More Dimensions. In: Jaffe, A., Lehmann, H., Mack, G. (eds) Quantum Field Theory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70307-2_8
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