Partition function may refer to:
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Rotational partition function
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Vibrational partition function The vibrational partition functionDonald A. McQuarrie, ''Statistical Mechanics'', Harper & Row, 1973 traditionally refers to the component of the canonical partition function resulting from the vibrational degrees of freedom of a system. The vibrat ...
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Partition function (number theory)
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Partition function (mathematics), which generalizes its use in statistical mechanics and quantum field theory:
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Partition function (statistical mechanics)
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Partition function (quantum field theory)
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