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Resources, Readings, and References
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## Readings

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When I last checked, it was available for only [$2,242.19 on Amazon!](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Renormalization-Group-Methods-Physics/dp/0486793451).
:::
* {cite:p}`Creswick:2016`: A very nice textbook with examples of random walks, the Ising
  model, percolation, Feigenbaum's constant, $\phi^4$ theory and more.  Unfortunately,
  very hard to find, although we do have a copy in our library.
* [John McGreevy's Lecture Notes
  (PDF)](https://mcgreevy.physics.ucsd.edu/f18/2018F-217-lectures.pdf): Based on his
  course [Physics 217, The Renormalization Group, Fall 2018
  (UCSD)](https://mcgreevy.physics.ucsd.edu/f18/), these notes cover and expand upon
  many of the ideas in {cite:p}`Creswick:2016` we discuss here.
* {cite:p}`Lepage:1997`: "How to Renormalize the Schrödinger Equation".  Fantastic tour
  of regularization, renormalization, and the principles of modern effective theory
  using the Schrödinger equation as an example.  I **highly** recommend you work through
  as much of this as possible.
* {cite:p}`Huang:2013`: "A critical history of renormalization".  An interesting
  discussion of renormalization group with regards to the nature of physical theories.
  Additional discussions can be found in {cite:p}`Huang:2007` (ebook available [through
  the WSU
  Library](https://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2171/lib/wsu/reader.action?docID=312372))
  and {cite:p}`Huang:2008` (print book available in the library).


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References
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## Linear Algebra

* [Essence of linear algebra][]: A great set of highly visual videos by [3Blue1Brown][]
  getting you up to abstract vector spaces.
* [MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra]: A set of [video
  lectures](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video_galleries/video-lectures/)
  and accompanying material for the MIT Linear Algebra course.
* [Qiskit Linear Algebra](https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-appendix/linear_algebra.html):
  A short introduction that is part of the [Qiskit][] platform.
* Appendix A of {cite:p}`Mermin:2007` has a nice short review of Dirac notation.


[MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra]: <https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/>
[3Blue1Brown]: <https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown>
[Essence of linear algebra]: <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab>
[Qiskit]: https://qiskit.org