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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 337 2 h Solution by
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Write , so , and take . The small-wavenumber static structure factor behaves asThe spatial Fourier transform of in dimensions scales as . Thusand in three dimensions . Since this two-point correlation function tends to zero rather than to a nonzero constant at large separation, it is incompatible with true long-range ferromagnetic order and hence with spontaneous symmetry breaking at this higher temperature.
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