Second Order Phase Transitions
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summing the Boltzmann factor over all spin configurations {si}. The enumeration of all configurations cannot be done for d ≥ 3, and although possible in d = 2 is extremely hard there as well (a problem solved by Onsager). We will use an approximate solution technique known as mean field theory. Last term we solved the problem of noninteracting spins in a magnetic field described by the Hamiltonian H0 = − ∑
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