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cooper607
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hi everyone, i am not a math geek and don't know why the hell i chose thermodynamics this semester with this little math knowledge, but can you please help me figure out the basic difference between discrete and continuous probability?
in thermodynamics we are sometimes taking the probability with summation, sometimes with integration and even sometimes the mean <X> is being zero , we are counting the <X^2> squared mean...
now my question is why are we supposed to find different types of probability and why do we take the squared mean of parameters like gas velocity or number of molecules etc..
please help out
in thermodynamics we are sometimes taking the probability with summation, sometimes with integration and even sometimes the mean <X> is being zero , we are counting the <X^2> squared mean...
now my question is why are we supposed to find different types of probability and why do we take the squared mean of parameters like gas velocity or number of molecules etc..
please help out