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Use Stirling's approximation to show that the multiplicity of an Einstein solid, for any large values ofNandlocalid="1650383388983" q,is approximately

Omega(N,q)q+Nqqq+NNN2q(q+N)/N

The square root in the denominator is merely large, and can often be neglected. However, it is needed in Problem2.22. (Hint: First show that=Nq+N(q+N)!q!N!. Do not neglect the2Nin Stirling's approximation.)

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The square root and the large values are neglect

(N,q)q+Nqqq+NNN2q(q+N)N

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01

Macroscopic solid

For any macroscopic solid, both qand Nare large numbers (on the order of Avogadro's number, or1023) so the factorials in are very large numbers, not calculable on most computers. To get estimates of we can use Stirling's approximation for the factorials. The multiplicity is given by:

(N,q)=q+N-1q

Writing out the binomial coefficient:

q+N-1q=(q+N-1)!q!(N-1)!

we can write the factorial (q+N-1)! in the following form:

(q+N-1)!=(q+N-1)!q+Nq+N

we can write the factorial (q+N-1)! in the following form:

(q+N-1)!=(q+N-1)!q+Nq+N

but,(q+N-1)!(q+N)=(q+N)so

(q+N-1)!=(q+N)!(q+N)

and also we can write the factorial (N-1)! in the following form:

(N-1)!=(N-1)!NN=N!N

Assume that qand Nare large numbers, so:

02

Substitution 

substitute from (2) and (3) into (1), so:

(N,q)=q+N-1q=N(q+N)(q+N)!N!q!

Assume that qand Nare large numbers, so we can use Stirling's approximation for the factorials:

n!2nnne-n

so we get:

N!2NNNe-Nq!2qqqe-q(q+N)!2(q+N)(q+N)(q+N)e-(q+N)

substitute from (5),(6)and (7)into (4), so:

(N,q)N(q+N)2(q+N)(q+N)(q+N)e-(q+N)2NNNe-N2qqqe-q

cancel e^{-(q+N)}withe^{-q}e^{-N}so:

(N,q)N(q+N)2(q+N)(q+N)(q+N)2NNN2qqq

(N,q)N2(q+N)(q+N)(2q)(2N)(q+N)(q+N)NNqq

(N,q)N2q(q+N)(q+N)(q+N)NNqq

03

Substitution 

but, (q+N)^{(q+N)}=(q+N)^{q}(q+N)^{N}, so:

(N,q)N2q(q+N)(q+N)q(q+N)NNNqq

(N,q)N2q(q+N)q+Nqqq+NNN

(N,q)q+Nqqq+NNN2q(q+N)N

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