Variables:
- N (Number of particles)
- p (Pressure)
- T (Temperature)
The classical partition function, for a one-component atomic system in 3-dimensional space, is given by
where
;
represent the reduced position coordinates of the particles; i.e. ![{\displaystyle \int d(R^{*})^{3N}=1}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/35ad2bdc615d4ba6cabf4ee5d5be6d30d8a770ba)
References
- D. Frenkel and B. Smit, "Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Alogrithms to Applications", Academic Press