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Problem: Entropy of the Noninteracting Electron Gas

 

According to Eqs. gif and gif the energy and the particle number of the free-electron gas can be expressed as simple integrals over the density of states and Fermi functions:

eqnarray2151

Express the entropy of the free-electron gas similarly in the form of

equation2160

where tex2html_wrap_inline6469 is a function of the Fermi function tex2html_wrap_inline6471 .  

 


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Laszlo Mihaly
Thu Oct 31 13:23:11 EST 1996


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