Suppose there is a two state system with energies ε_0 = 0 and ε_1 = kT that follows the Boltzmann distribution. What is the partition function

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Suppose there is a two state system with energies ε_0 = 0 and ε_1 = kT that follows the Boltzmann distribution. What is the partition function?

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