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The definition of Density of States

The density of states (DOS) is generally defined as $D(E)=\frac{d\Omega(E)}{dE}$, where $\Omega(E)$ is the number of states. But why DOS can also be defined using delta function, as ...
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What is a microstate, macrostate and thermodynamic probability in statistical mechanics?

Currently I am learning Maxwells Boltsmann distribution (MBD) and in that I am learning about microstate, macrostate and thermodynamic probability (TDP). I understood the derivation of MBD but I am ...