Partition functions#
The equipartition theorem, Einstein’s vibrational heat capacity, Gibbs’s canonical-ensemble route from a partition function to every thermodynamic function, and the Sackur-Tetrode translational entropy.
Einstein’s quantum theory of the vibrational heat capacity
Einstein's quantum theory of the vibrational heat capacity
The equipartition theorem, and why only one mode actually “freezes out”
The equipartition theorem, and why only one mode actually "freezes out"
Gibbs’s canonical ensemble: all thermodynamics from one partition function
Gibbs's canonical ensemble: all thermodynamics from one partition function
