Abstract
The high-temperature series expansions for the locus of the maximum susceptibility are calculated from the high-temperature series for the magnetic field for various two- and three-dimensional lattices of the spin-1/2 Ising model. The authors examine their critical behaviour and determine the critical temperature nu e and the exponent Delta (= beta delta ) using the ratio method and the Pade approximant method. The values obtained for nu c are in good agreement with exact values and values obtained from standard series method and the Delta also agrees with beta delta obtained from other estimates. These results are another new supporting evidence for the universality hypothesis.