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The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition

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Fröhlich, J., Spencer, T. (1982). The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. In: Schrader, R., Seiler, R., Uhlenbrock, D.A. (eds) Mathematical Problems in Theoretical Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 153. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-11192-1_5

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