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Why is the partition function called ''partition function''?
The partition function plays a central role in statistical mechanics.
But why is it called ''partition function''?
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Why is 'the period' marked as letter T?
I'm not a native English speaker and I was wondering, why 'the period' got the letter $T$.
I've asked myself the question when I was thinking about stuff related to the frequency. I.e.:
$f$ - ...
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Is reflection just a particular case of scattering?
I was talking to a colleague about optical scattering from a metallic nanoparticle, and we had a very simple doubt. If you have a particle that's small compared to the illuminated area, you can use ...
