Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9781337671729
Author: SERWAY
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 41, Problem 29P

(a)

To determine

The number of states for the two electrons would have.

(b)

To determine

The total number of states if Pauli’s exclusion principle is inoperative.

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