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This lecture is intended to pose problems rather than present solutions, so I shall avoid low dimensional systems in which the strong fluctuations are amenable to calculation, as later papers will show in detail. Rather I will concentrate on three dimensional problems which are fluctuating in a different way from the familiar fluctuations of equilibrium in which there is a specified Hamiltonian and all states are accessible. This is not only because they are covered later, but also because it is worth emphasizing that they are rather a rare phenomenon in nature, and the intense effort they attract is because they are the simplest of systems although not of course simple.
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Edwards, S.F. (1980). Ordering in Strongly Fluctuating Systems Introductory Comments. In: Riste, T. (eds) Ordering in Strongly Fluctuating Condensed Matter Systems. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3626-6_1
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