Where Does Equation (3) in Kittel's Chapter 5 Come From?

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[SOLVED] kittel chapter 5

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This question refers to Kittel's solid-state physics book.

Where does equation (3) come from?

EDIT: never mind

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ehrenfest,you should sincerely show your problem and whatever you have thought in this homework help section.We all do it.May be that it is not a homework problem...but understanding the concept yourself is also a way of learning physics.So,better you think over the problem and inform us regarding the details...where the dispute is.

Since, I am not a moderator,possibly I am not the correct man to say this to you.In fact, I too reply to posts very rarely...So take it as a suggestion,not order.
 
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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