Why is the most probable configuration important? Multiplicity Function is a gaussian in the two-state system. Weighted averages. Introduction to partition function. Lecture 2 Audio

Lecture 3: Entropy, Temperature, and the Laws of Thermodynamics

Physics 416
Thermal and Statistical Physics 
Purdue University  
Textbook:  Thermal Physics by Kittel and Kroemer 
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