Chapter 5
Aspects of statistical thermodynamics
5.1
Configuration, weights, and probabilities
5.2
Distribution functions
5.2.1
The two-level system
5.3
The aim of statistical mechanics
5.4
The micro-canonical, canonical, and the grand-canonical ensemble
5.5
Calculation of the grand canonical ensemble
5.6
Calculation of the canonical ensemble
5.7
Calculation of the microcanonical ensemble
5.8
First results from the calculation of partition functions
5.9
The equipartition law of classical thermodynamics
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