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valerio
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Not really.

You want to calculate the probability to find all the molecules in the left half of the volume.

Since the probability density is

$$\rho(\{q,p\}) = c_N \frac{e^{-\beta H(\{q,p\})}}{\Omega(U,V,N)}\ ,$$

where, $c_N$ is a constant and, to ensure the normalization, $$\Omega(U,V,N ) = c_N\int e^{-\beta H(\{q,p\})} dq^{3N} dp^{3N}$$

what you need to consider is

$$\text{Pr} =\int_{\{q,p\}_{V/2}} \rho (\{q,p\}) dq^{3N} dp^{3N} = c_N \frac{ \int_{\{q,p\}_{V/2}} e^{-\beta H(\{q,p\})} dq^{3N} dp^{3N}}{\Omega(U,V,N)}$$

where $\{q,p\}_{V/2}$ is the set of coordinates such that all the molecules are in the left half of the volume.

You can immediately see that

$$c_N \int_{\{q,p\}_{V/2}} e^{-\beta H(\{q,p\})} dq^{3N} dp^{3N} = \Omega(N,V/2,U)$$

So that you finally obtain the desired result.

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