unscientific Messages 1,728 Reaction score 13 Thread starter Apr 12, 2014 #1 Homework Statement Taken from 'Concepts in Thermal Physics': Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution For the step highlighted in red, why does the '-1' go into the integrand?
Homework Statement Taken from 'Concepts in Thermal Physics': Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution For the step highlighted in red, why does the '-1' go into the integrand?
Naz93 Messages 28 Reaction score 2 Apr 13, 2014 #2 1 integrated over the space gives the volume of the space. Divide that by the factor 1/V^N outside the integral and you get minus one. Hence cancelling the plus one outside the integral.
1 integrated over the space gives the volume of the space. Divide that by the factor 1/V^N outside the integral and you get minus one. Hence cancelling the plus one outside the integral.