Physics 32.5 Statistical Thermodynamics (31 of 39) General Counting Method for w

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We will calculate the number of microstates in N number of distinguishable molecules and n number of energy levels and all the different ways the molecules could be distributed.

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[gorimabezboruah]

Sir how can we choose no of particles for each energy level, if there any restriction for each level

[christinaanne]

What if its on the line not in between

[richardaversa]

I very much appreciate all you insight and work. With this video, something seems off. For one thing shouldn't the energy levels depicted on the top left of the board be indexed by j, not n? And, more importantly, I'm struggling to see how this interpretation of W is consistent with your other videos (and other sources). Isn't W the number of microstates for a given macrostate? Then, to say each energy level has a corresponding W, doesn't that imply the energy levels are the macrostates? (Which of course is not the case.)