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Landau Theory:<br />

Form of the free energy G is completely determined<br />

by symmetry.<br />

1<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

2<br />

P<br />

G<br />

2<br />

PP<br />

0<br />

G<br />

ε<br />

T > T c<br />

T = Tc T < Tc P<br />

Near a transition, susceptibility diverges: important to technology<br />

T c<br />

T

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