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Renormalization group

A zoom lens for networks

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Renormalization is a technique based on a repeated coarse-graining procedure used to study scale invariance and criticality in statistical physics. Now, an expansion of the renormalization toolbox allows to explore scale invariance in real-world networks.

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Fig. 1: Iterated coarse-graining in geometric and networked systems.

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