The renormalization group and critical phenomena

1. Introduction This paper has three parts. The first part is a simplified presentation of the basic ideas of the renormalization group and the ε expansion applied to critical phenomena , following roughly a summary exposition given in 1972 1. The second part is an account of the history (as I remember it) of work leading up to the papers in I971-1972 on the renormalization group. Finally, some of the developments since 197 1 will be summarized, and an assessment for the future given.

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