Suppose you have a "box" in which each particle may occupy any of 10 single-particle states. For simplicity, assume that each of these states has energy zero. What is the partition function if the box contains two identical fermions? A. 144. В. 87. С. 45. D. 0.

Suppose you have a "box" in which each particle may occupy any of 10 single-particle states. For simplicity, assume that each of these states has energy zero. What is the partition function if the box contains two identical fermions? A. 144. В. 87. С. 45. D. 0.

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Suppose you have a "box" in which each particle may occupy any of 10 single-particle
states. For simplicity, assume that each of these states has energy zero. What is the
partition function if the box contains two identical fermions?
А. 144.
В. 87.
С. 45.
D. 0.
А.
В.
С.
D.

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