where the integral is cut off at a large wavenumber that is comparable to the linear dimension of the element undergoing deformation. In the thermodynamic limit, L → → ∞ ∞ , the integral diverges logarthmically. This means that an element at a particular point is displaced through very large distances and therefore smoothes out the function ρ ρ ( z ) , leaving ρ ρ = constant as the only solution and destroying the 1D ordering.