TY - JOUR
T1 - Renormalization group and singular perturbations
T2 - Multiple scales, boundary layers, and reductive perturbation theory
AU - Chen, Lin Yuan
AU - Goldenfeld, Nigel
AU - Oono, Y.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Perturbative renormalization group theory is developed as a unified tool for global asymptotic analysis. With numerous examples, we illustrate its application to ordinary differential equation problems involving multiple scales, boundary layers with technically difficult asymptotic matching, and WKB analysis. In contrast to conventional methods, the renormalization group approach requires neither ad hoc assumptions about the structure of perturbation series nor the use of asymptotic matching. Our renormalization group approach provides approximate solutions which are practically superior to those obtained conventionally, although the latter can be reproduced, if desired, by appropriate expansion of the renormalization group approximant. We show that the renormalization group equation may be interpreted as an amplitude equation, and from this point of view develop reductive perturbation theory for partial differential equations describing spatially extended systems near bifurcation points, deriving both amplitude equations and the center manifold.
AB - Perturbative renormalization group theory is developed as a unified tool for global asymptotic analysis. With numerous examples, we illustrate its application to ordinary differential equation problems involving multiple scales, boundary layers with technically difficult asymptotic matching, and WKB analysis. In contrast to conventional methods, the renormalization group approach requires neither ad hoc assumptions about the structure of perturbation series nor the use of asymptotic matching. Our renormalization group approach provides approximate solutions which are practically superior to those obtained conventionally, although the latter can be reproduced, if desired, by appropriate expansion of the renormalization group approximant. We show that the renormalization group equation may be interpreted as an amplitude equation, and from this point of view develop reductive perturbation theory for partial differential equations describing spatially extended systems near bifurcation points, deriving both amplitude equations and the center manifold.
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U2 - 10.1103/physreve.54.376
DO - 10.1103/physreve.54.376
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5344281238
SN - 1063-651X
VL - 54
SP - 376
EP - 394
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
IS - 1
ER -