A Short Lecture on Divergences

TL;DR

This paper provides an introductory overview of divergences and their role in the renormalization group, aimed at graduate students, with references to classical resources for further study.

Contribution

It offers accessible explanations and bibliographical pointers for understanding divergences in the context of the renormalization group for beginners.

Findings

Clarifies the concept of divergences in renormalization

Provides bibliographical references for further study

Aims to make the subject accessible to graduate students

Abstract

We present some clues to the study of the renormalization group, at graduate level, as well as some bibliographical pointers to classical resources. Just the kind of things one had liked to hear when starting to study the subject.