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AVERAGE VALUES IN A CANONICAL

mined. So also if or is given as a function of , all averages of the form or are determined. But
Therefore if any one of the quantities , , , is known as a function of , and is also known, all averages of any of the forms mentioned are thereby determined as functions of the same variable. In any case all averages of the form
are known in terms of alone, and have the same value whether taken for the whole ensemble or limited to any particular configuration.

If we differentiate the equation

(236)
with respect to , and multiply by , we have
(237)
Differentiating again, with respect to , with respect to , and with respect to , we have
(238)
(239)
(240)
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