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An introductory survey is given of ultraviolet problems in Euclidean quantum field theory which are heuristically interpreted either with the aid of the classical renormalization theory or with the aid of Wilson's renormalization group strategy. A unification of each of these approaches with the method of multiscale cluster expansions is necessary for strict proofs.
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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Teoriya Veroyatnostei, Matematicheskaya Statistika, Teoreticheskaya Kibernetika, Vol. 24, pp. 111–189, 1986.
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Malyshev, V.A. Ultraviolet problems in field theory and multiscale expansions. J Math Sci 42, 1811–1868 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01095509
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