Renormalization Group pathologies and the definition of Gibbs states

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 359-388

  Bricmont, J ^a   Kupiainen, A ^b   Lefevere, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0032094628     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050362     Document Type: Article

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