 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

For $B=J=0$, $m=0$ remains stationary. At large $\beta K$, evaluating the free energy near a positive $m$ makes the negative cubic energy dominate the bounded <entropy> cost, so some $m>0$ has lower free energy than zero. At high <temperature> <entropy> uniquely favors zero. Continuity in <temperature> therefore forces a transition at an intermediate $\beta_*$.

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