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If , , and , for any value of .
where the integrations cover all phases for which the energy is less than the limit , for which the value of is sought. This gives
and
where and are connected with by the equation
We may also write
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OF THE ENERGIES OF A SYSTEM.
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The definitions of , , and give
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If , vanishes at the upper limit, i. e., for , and we get by another differentiation
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