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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 303 1 b ii Solution by
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Write , take with , and include the magnetic term . At , minimizing the Landau free energy gives for andfor , so the order-parameter critical exponent is . Substitution gives a singular free-energy density proportional to below , whose second temperature derivative has a finite jump, so the heat-capacity exponent is . Above , the equation gives the magnetic susceptibility , hence . At , , so and .
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