Solution

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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 is
To reach the critical isotherm, take at fixed nonzero . Suppose at large . Cancellation of the residual thermal factor requires . Hence and
The singular scaling function determines the nonanalytic critical-isotherm contribution; any analytic response background is subleading for the usual .

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