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*<math>C(g^{}_i,\mu)</math> decreases monotonically under the [[renormalization group]] (RG) flow.
*At fixed points of the [[RG flow]], which are specified by a set of fixed-point couplings <math>g^*_i</math>, the function <math>C(g^*_i,\mu)=C_*</math> is a constant, independent of energy scale.
[[Alexander Zamolodchikov]] proved in 1986 that two-dimensional quantum field theory always has such a ''C''-function. Moreover, at fixed points of the RG flow, which correspond to [[conformal field theory|conformal field theories]], Zamolodchikov's ''C''-function is equal to the [[central charge]] of the corresponding conformal field theory,<ref>[[Alexander Zamolodchikov|Zamolodchikov, A. B.]] (1986). [http://www.jetpletters.ac.ru/ps/1413/article_21504.pdf "Irreversibility" of the Flux of the Renormalization Group in a 2-D Field Theory], ''JETP Lett'' '''43''', pp 730–732.</ref> and roughly counts the degrees of freedom of the system.
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