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A Hamiltonian which is bounded from below by a multiple of the number of particles is called stable. We discuss which interactions are stable and which are not. Furthermore we show how this stability is related to other notions of stability.

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Lecture given at the symposium for the 60th birthday of Peter Mittelstaedt.

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Thirring, W. Stability of matter. Found Phys 20, 1103–1110 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731855

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