| Unlike the scaling laws ({{EquationNote|1=8}}), ({{EquationNote|1=9}}), ({{EquationNote|1=14}}), and ({{EquationNote|1=15}}), which make no explicit reference to the dimensionality, the <math>d</math>-dependent exponent relations ({{EquationNote|1=16}})-({{EquationNote|1=18}}) hold only for <math>d<4\ .</math> At <math>d=4</math> the exponents assume the values they have in the mean-field theories but logarithmic factors are then appended to the simple power laws. Then for <math>d>4\ ,</math> the terms in the thermodynamic functions and correlation-function parameters that have as their exponents those given by the mean-field theories are the leading terms. The terms with the original <math>d</math>-dependent exponents, which for <math>d<4</math> were the leading terms, have been overtaken, and, while still present, are now sub-dominant. | | Unlike the scaling laws ({{EquationNote|1=8}}), ({{EquationNote|1=9}}), ({{EquationNote|1=14}}), and ({{EquationNote|1=15}}), which make no explicit reference to the dimensionality, the <math>d</math>-dependent exponent relations ({{EquationNote|1=16}})-({{EquationNote|1=18}}) hold only for <math>d<4\ .</math> At <math>d=4</math> the exponents assume the values they have in the mean-field theories but logarithmic factors are then appended to the simple power laws. Then for <math>d>4\ ,</math> the terms in the thermodynamic functions and correlation-function parameters that have as their exponents those given by the mean-field theories are the leading terms. The terms with the original <math>d</math>-dependent exponents, which for <math>d<4</math> were the leading terms, have been overtaken, and, while still present, are now sub-dominant. |
| This progression in critical-point properties from <math>d<4</math> to <math>d=4</math> to <math>d>4</math> is seen clearly in the phase transition that occurs in the analytically soluble model of the ideal Bose gas. There is no phase transition or critical point in it for <math>d \le 2\ .</math> When <math>d>2</math> the chemical potential | | This progression in critical-point properties from <math>d<4</math> to <math>d=4</math> to <math>d>4</math> is seen clearly in the phase transition that occurs in the analytically soluble model of the ideal Bose gas. There is no phase transition or critical point in it for <math>d \le 2\ .</math> When <math>d>2</math> the chemical potential |