Abstract
The exponent α of the specific heat C vanishes at some value n0 of the number n of components of the order parameter. n0 is estimated (1.942±0.026) from the available long series at d=3 in powers of the Φ4 coupling. Knowing that the ratio A+A=1 (A± are the critical amplitudes of C above and below Tc) for n=n0, the estimate at d=3 of this ratio for n=2 obtained from ɛ expansion up to ɛ2 is improved. The cases n=1 and 3 are also considered.