FUND. OF PHYSICS (LL)-W/WILEY+NEXTGEN(2)
FUND. OF PHYSICS (LL)-W/WILEY+NEXTGEN(2)
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Author: Halliday
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 41, Problem 45P
To determine

To show:

(a) that the slope dP/dE of Equation 41.6 of the textbook, evaluated at E = Ef, is -1/4kT.

(b) that the tangent line to the curve in Fig. 41.7b of the textbook, evaluated at E = Ef, intercepts the horizontal axis at E = Ef + 2kT

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