Calc E as Fn of T for Ideal Paramagnet

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The entropy of an ideal paramagnet is given by S=S_{0}+CE^{2}, where E is the energy (which can be positive or negative) and C is a positive constant. Determine the equation for E as a function of T and sketch your result.

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<br /> \frac{1}{T}=\frac{\delta S}{\delta U}<br /> [\tex]<br /> <br /> <h2>The Attempt at a Solution</h2><br /> <br /> I&#039;m fairly certain I solved correctly, but the solution seems to simple. I confused about whether the E here is the same as the U in the partial derivative equation above, in which case:<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt; \frac{1}{T}=\frac{\delta S}{\delta U}&lt;br /&gt; \frac{\delta S}{\delta U}=-2CE&lt;br /&gt; \frac{1}{T}=-2CE&lt;br /&gt; E=\frac{1}{-2CT}&lt;br /&gt; [\tex]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; In this case, the graph appears shaped like y=-\frac{1}{x} [\tex] dilated by \frac{1}{2C} [\tex]. &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; I reasoned that in a paramagnet entropy will decrease as energy increases, so the system will more willingly give away energy, hence increasing the temperature.
 
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Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with LaTex? I'm new to it and don't understand the problem with my code.
 
To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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