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Mean-field approximation

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The mean-field approximation replaces interactions with a self-consistent average field, neglecting correlated fluctuations around that average.
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Self-consistency equation

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A self-consistency equation requires the average field assumed in a mean-field approximation to equal the expectation value calculated in that field.

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