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It is shown that molecular-field theory predicts a surface spontaneous magnetization at temperatures higher than the bulk Curie temperature if the surface exchange coupling is sufficiently larger than that in the bulk. Furthermore, this solution of the molecular-field equations is thermodynamically stable, whereas the no spontaneous magnetization solution is thermodynamically unstable.
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R. A. Weiner (1973) studied this question.
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