Phase transitions and critical phenomena -- Mean-field theories -- Renormalization group and scaling -- Implementation of the renormalization group -- Field theory -- Conformal field theory -- Kosterlitz-Thouless transition -- Random systems -- Exact solutions and related topics -- Duality -- Numerical methods
Summary
An introductory account of the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena, this book reflects lectures given by the authors to graduate students at their departments and is thus classroom-tested to help beginners enter the field
