Statistical Mechanics · Problem 4.2

Formulation of Quantum Statistics — R. K. Pathria

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · grand-canonical-q-potential-thermodynamic-limit

Problem

"In the thermodynamic limit (when the extensive properties of the system become infinitely large, while the intensive ones remain constant), the qq-potential of the system may be calculated by taking only the largest term in the sum ∑Nr=0∞zNrQNr(V,T)."\sum_{N_r=0}^{\infty} z^{N_r} Q_{N_r}(V, T)." Verify this statement and interpret the result physically.

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