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Homework Statement
There is a box of volume V that is divided into two equal parts: Left side = V/2 = right side.
The problem is:
Assume that there are n = (Na/2) + k particles in the left hand partition where k is a small integer ( k << Na). Show that the behavior near the maximum where n = Na/2 is gaussian (i.e., quadratic in k).
Homework Equations
Na = 6.022x1023
This is what I don't know. I don't know if I'm supposed to use the binomial distribution or the gaussian(normal) distribution.
I'm in Thermal Physics because statistics was not a pre-req but we're using a lot of statistics and I've never had a course on it. So if anyone could help point me in the right direction of how to go about showing this, I would greatly appreciate it.