The renormalization group: A perturbation method for the graduate curriculum
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1252.34059
DOI: 10.1137/080731967
author: Eleftherios Kirkinis
published in: SIAM Review
publication date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 34E05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 34E13
zbMATH DE Number: 6069981
zbMATH Keywords: asymptotic methods
zbMATH Keywords: perturbation theory
zbMATH Keywords: nonlinear oscillations
zbMATH Keywords: nonlinear wave propagation
zbMATH Keywords: multiple scales
Wikidata QID: Q63101718
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/080731967
OpenAlex ID: W2021483425
title: The renormalization group: A perturbation method for the graduate curriculum
review text: The paper is concerned with the applications of the renormalization group (RG) method to second-order ordinary differential equations with small regular perturbation terms in the form \(\epsilon \dot{y}\) or \(\epsilon y^3\), where \(\epsilon\rightarrow 0^+\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe RG method develops a mathematical apparatus that allows a systematic and unified investigation of the changes of a physical system viewed at different distance scales. In this paper, that method is considered in the context of a linear oscillator model and the standard Duffing oscillator with cubic nonlinearity and provides closed-form expressions for the amplitude via the renormalized expansion. Finally, the relation of the RG method to the method of multiple scales is discussed and some open problems are raised.
reviewed by: Robert Vrabel
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6069981