Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 247778

Differentiation is the set of techniques and results from Differential Calculus, concerning the calculation of derivatives of functions or distributions.

3 votes
1 answer
210 views

Why do we ignore higher-order derivatives of entropy with energy in deriving the Boltzmann d...

I am taking my first course in statistical mechanics, one point that I don't really get is the justification for ignoring higher-order derivatives of entropy w.r.t energy. We began the course by postu …
a_point_particle's user avatar
1 vote

Why do we ignore higher-order derivatives of entropy with energy in deriving the Boltzmann d...

I've probably defeated the purpose of asking a question by answering it myself after a while. Here's something I just came up with that seems like an alternative approach to "scaling" (open to comment …
a_point_particle's user avatar