Hard Thermo Question: Find U, S, T For Part B & C

In summary, the conversation revolves around a problem from Reif's book, related to the concept of temperature in Schroeder's book. The participants have been able to solve part A of the problem, but are struggling with parts B and C. The concept of temperature is described as being related to the partial derivative of the number of ways to arrange atoms in a system, and the conversation also touches on the use of Sterling's approximation for factorials in solving the problem.
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Well, it's hard to me at least :frown:
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We are using Schroeders book and this problem was given to us from I assume the book by Reif. We haven't seem to have gotten far enough along in Schroeders book to have gone over this though.

I can do part A, but part B and C I am clueless on. I know that T = partial derivative of U/S but it doesn't seem to be helping me very much. Thanks in advance for any pointers.
 
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Ok, I found B more or less, by taking n=E/e. My equation for T looks pretty nasty because my multiplicity from part A was relatively nasty. I am still pretty much completely stuck on how to do C though.
 
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What do you get for A? I get

[tex]\Omega(N,n)=\binom{N}{N-n}=\frac{N!}{n!(N-n)!}[/tex]

(the number of ways to pick the position of the N-n atomes that are not in an interstititiisal position.

Temperature is [tex]\frac{1}{kT}=\frac{\partial \Omega(N,n)}{\partial E}[/tex].

I guess you said, [tex]n=n(E)=E/\epsilon[/tex], so then

[tex]\frac{\partial \Omega(N,n)}{\partial E}=\frac{\partial \Omega(N,n)}{\partial n}\frac{\partial n}{\partial E}= \frac{\partial \Omega(N,n)}{\partial n}\frac{1}{\epsilon}[/tex]

But do you know how to take the derivative of a factorial?
 
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Sorry, I Should have been more specific. I took a Sterling approximation of the factorials of the form Ln(x!)= x Ln(x) - x, expanded each term, substituted in n = E/epsilon and differentiated. This was messy though and I am not sure the desired method.
 

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The purpose of finding U (internal energy), S (entropy), and T (temperature) in a hard thermo question is to determine the thermodynamic properties of a system. These properties are essential in understanding the behavior and changes of a system, and are often used in engineering and scientific calculations.

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