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==Peierls' argument== | ==Peierls' argument== | ||
Before the explicit solution by [[Lars Onsager]], Peierls put forward an ingenuous argument showing that | Before the explicit solution by [[Lars Onsager]], Peierls put forward an ingenuous argument showing that | ||
the [[ Ising_Models#2-dimensional_Ising_model |Β two-dimensional Ising model]] must have a phase transition (at a finite temperature). The argument considers the | the [[ Ising_Models#2-dimensional_Ising_model |Β two-dimensional Ising model]] must have a phase transition (at a finite temperature). The argument considers the entropy associated with the interface between domains with different orientations (Ref. 1). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*Rudolf Peierls "More surprises in Theoretical Physics". Princeton University Press (1991) ISBN 0-691-02522-3 | *Rudolf Peierls "More surprises in Theoretical Physics". Princeton University Press (1991) ISBN 0-691-02522-3 |