6a.1 At sufficiently high temperatures wherein eB(E-μ) > 1, (and sufficiently low number of particles to satisfy the classical limit), show that the Fermi-Dirac and the Bose-Einstein distributions can be approximated by the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. eß(E-μ) » 1 → e(E-μ)/KBT 1 f(ε) = eß(ε-μ) +1 >> 1 (ε-μ) » KBT 1 eß (ε-μ)

6a.1 At sufficiently high temperatures wherein eB(E-μ) > 1, (and sufficiently low number of particles to satisfy the classical limit), show that the Fermi-Dirac and the Bose-Einstein distributions can be approximated by the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. eß(E-μ) » 1 → e(E-μ)/KBT 1 f(ε) = eß(ε-μ) +1 >> 1 (ε-μ) » KBT 1 eß (ε-μ)

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