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SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF MOLECULES.
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(549)
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which corresponds to the equation
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(550)
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we have
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and
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(551)
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This will have a maximum when
[1]
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(552)
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Distinguishing values corresponding to this maximum by accents, we have approximately, when are of the same order of magnitude as the numbers of molecules in ordinary bodies,
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(553)
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(554)
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where
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(555)
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and
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(556)
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This is the probability of the system (
). The probabilty that the values of
lie within given limits is given by the multiple integral
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Strictly speaking, is not determined as function of , except for integral values of these variables. Yet we may suppose it to be determined as a continuous function by any suitable process of interpolation.