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He states the renormalization group is a strategy for problems involving many length scales. It proceeds in steps, one scale at a time. At criticality the correlation length ξ diverges. The system becomes scale-invariant. 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The grain produces the same structural pattern across scales. The renormalization group supplies the mechanism. It proves that scale invariance is mathematically necessary at critical points rather than accidental. Universality of critical exponents follows. The same exponents appear in systems with entirely different microscopic physics. 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