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| ==Problem 1: Ginzburg criterion in arbitrary spatial dimension and upper critical dimension ==
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| The general solution for the correlation function in arbitrary spatial dimension <math> d </math> within the mean-field theory can be written as:
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| <math> G(r) \sim \frac{e^{-r/\xi}}{r^{d-2}} </math>
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| assuming that distance <math> r \gg a </math> is much larger than the lattice spacing <math> a </math>.
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| (a) Generalize the Ginzburg criterion
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| <math> \frac{G(r)}{\int m^2 d\mathbf{r}} \ll 1 </math>
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| for the validity of the mean-field theory to arbitrary spatial dimension <math> d </math> to show that this is satisfied if
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| <math> d>2+2\beta/\nu </math>.
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| where <math> \beta </math> and <math> \nu </math> are critical exponents for describing vanishing of the order parameter <math> m </math> and divergence of the correlation length <math> \xi </math>, respectively.
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| (b) Using your result in (a), find the ''upper critical dimension'' for the Ising model above which its critical behavior near temperature <math> T_c </math> is governed by the mean-field theory.
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| ==Problem 2: ==
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