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Homework

4.
Derive equation (12) from equation (11)
5.
Prove, that potential of mean force acting between two particles is indeed the free energy of the system as a function of their separation.
Hint:
Consider the partition function for the whole system and the expression for the correlation function in terms of the probability density (2)


© 1997 Boris Veytsman and Michael Kotelyanskii
Thu Sep 25 23:59:09 EDT 1997