partition function in a sentence

Corner transfer matrices are related to the partition function in a simple way.
"Z " is called the partition function of the system.
See statistical thermodynamics and Partition function ( statistical mechanics ).
where Q is the partition function for the canonical ensemble.
In the canonical ensemble, the partition function of the system can be written as:

A typical application is the calculation of a thermodynamic potential from a partition function.
This is a closed and exact expression for the partition function of the system.
The denominator of the right side is the partition function.
This accelerated algorithm truncates the partition function by ignoring contributions of certain conformational states.
The denominator, is the partition function of a single mode and makes properly normalized:

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