Problem 2.1 (Schroeder’s Intro to Thermal Physics)

Problem 2.1

Suppose you flip four fair coins.
(a) Make a list of all the possible outcomes, as in Table 2.1.
(b) Make a list of all the diferent “macrostates” and their probabilities.
(c) Compute the multiplicity of each macrostate using the combinatorial formula 2.6, and check that these results agree with what you got by brute force counting.

Solution:

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