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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 46 1 Solution by
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For the requested ordinary critical point take , , and the quartic Landau free energy . At , minimization gives . Choosing the positive pure thermodynamic phase,For the magnetic susceptibility, differentiate the equation of state at fixed temperature:Both sides diverge as , with different amplitudes, soThe one-sided field limit below the transition selects a pure phase; differentiating the symmetric finite-volume mixture would instead include its macroscopic switching response.
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