Partition function (mathematics): Difference between revisions

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For a collection of observables <math>H_k</math>, one would write

:<math>Z(\beta) = \mbox{tr} \!\left[\exp \left(-\sum_k\beta_k H_k\right) \right]</math>

As before, it is presumed that the argument of tr is [[trace class]].