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Equivalence of Local Potential Approximations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In recent papers it has been noted that the local potential approximation of the Legendre and Wilson-Polchinski flow equations give, within numerical error, identical results for a range of exponents and Wilson-Fisher fixed points in three dimensions, providing a certain ``optimised'' cutoff is used for the Legendre flow equation. Here we point out that this is a consequence of an exact map between the two equations, which is nothing other than the exact reduction of the functional map that exists between the two exact renormalization groups. We note also that the optimised cutoff does not allow a derivative expansion beyond second order.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503161,
  title  = {Equivalence of Local Potential Approximations},
  author = {Tim R. Morris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503161},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages (improved statement of "central issue", 2 refs added)

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