Functional Renormalization Group
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Main topics
Fractals: the notion of dimension and the concept of self-similarity
RG view on probability and limit theorems
RG in a deterministic system: transitions to chaos for discrete deterministic maps
Continuos phase transitions in equilibrium statistical mechanics: RG analysis
Evaluating multiple integrals: the effective average action method
Ising universality classes from d=inf to d=1
O(N) universality classes in continuos dimension: from self-avoiding random walks to the spherical model passing by the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
Lecture notes