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    Partition Function For a Single Molecule

    Homework Statement Polymers, such as rubberbands, are made of very long molecules, usually tangled up in a configuration that has lots of entropy. As a very crude example of a rubber band, consider a chain of N molecules which we call links, each of length l. Imagine that each link has only...
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    Find an Expression for the Helmholtz free energy

    I'm not sure - is that necessary? Or is it OK to just use β?
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    Find an Expression for the Helmholtz free energy

    Homework Statement I am attempting the problem below, I might have the correct answer but would appreciate if someone could confirm this (or tell me where I'm going wrong). Consider a statement having 2 states, one at energy 0 and one at energy ε. Find an expression for the Helmholtz free...