= Vadim Lvovich Berezinskii
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= V. L. Berezinskii
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A theoretical <physicist> who developed early ideas about phase transitions in two-dimensional systems with continuous <symmetry>. His work helped establish how strong fluctuations can remove ordinary long-range order while <topological defects> still control a sharp transition. <John Michael Kosterlitz> explicitly credits Berezinskii's earlier related ideas in the history of the <Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition>.<Topological Defects and Phase Transitions by John Michael Kosterlitz>[p. 89: earlier Berezinskii work; references 18–19]{ref}
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