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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 72 2 a Solution by
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With the dimensionless magnetic field conjugate to the magnetization, . Set and differentiate the homogeneous free-energy density:On the ordered branch, the one-sided value is nonzero, so the order-parameter critical exponent isTo reach the critical isotherm, take at fixed nonzero . Suppose at large . Cancellation of the residual thermal factor requires . Hence andThe singular scaling function determines the nonanalytic critical-isotherm contribution; any analytic response background is subleading for the usual .
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