Canonical Ensemble:
Variables:
Classical Partition Function (one-component system): Q N V T {\displaystyle Q_{NVT}}
Q N V T = V N N ! Λ 3 N ∫ d R ∗ exp [ − β U ( V . R ∗ ) ] {\displaystyle Q_{NVT}={\frac {V^{N}}{N!\Lambda ^{3N}}}\int {\textrm {d}}{\bf {R^{*}}}\exp \left[-\beta U\left(V.{\bf {R}}^{*}\right)\right]}