Solution

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Replace the applied field in the doublet response by the Weiss molecular field . At zero applied field,
The equation is odd in , so the two ordered orientations have equal magnitude. With , define
The mean-field self-consistency equation becomes
Plot and . The second has slope at zero and is concave for positive . For it starts above the straight line but is below it by , giving one positive intersection. For , for every . Hence
At the limiting solution is . The onset of spontaneous magnetization is the mean-field Curie temperature.

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