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    Statistical Mechanics, partition function for mixing

    Hi! The following image is taken from my note in Stat Mech. Please excuse my ugly handwriting... I copied this from my professor's note on a whiteboard, and I'm not so sure if it is correct. The equations for Z1 (partition function before mixing) and Z2 (partition function after mixing) seems...
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    Direct integration of spring-mass energy equation for x(t)

    Thank you! but then how do I integrate 1/(a-b*x^2)^(1/2) dx?
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    Direct integration of spring-mass energy equation for x(t)

    Homework Statement So this is the question I need to solve. I was told to directly integrate the bottom equation to solve for x(t). I can solve (1) by differentiating (1) to turn it into 2nd order difffeq (mx''=kx), but I think I'm not allowed to do that ... I have no idea how to solve (2)...