Convolutions and Gaussians in Renormalization

Abstract

The Kadanoff-Wilson-Fisher approach to renormalization is based upon studying the renormalization transform, which may be described as an action of the monoid $\mathbb{R}^{\times}_{\geq 1}$ on a suitable space of interactions. It is typically computed by manipulating the path integral or the perturbation series. Here we will present an alternative algebraic description of the renormalization transform. We treat the space of interactions as a semigroup under convolution and act on it with a Lie group associated with the quantum harmonic oscillator.