Physics 133
Spring Quarter 2004
5 May 2004
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The quiz is due before class today, 5 May 2004.
Explain the difference between a microstate and a macrostate. Why do the multitude of microstates become a smaller number of macrostates? Explain.
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A microstate is a state in which all the attributes of the conditions are indicated. A macrostate abstracts from this all the states with similar conditions. For example, a macrostate with one person speaking in class would be all the microstates possible: Christina speaking, Clay speaking, Gordon speaking, Josh speaking.
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