partition function (English, noun)
expansion: partition function (plural partition functions)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: function that represents the number of possible partitions of a natural number.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
quantum-field-theory
glosses: generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics
qualifier: statistical mechanics
glosses: function Z[J] that is the generating function of the correlation function
Forms:
form: partition functions
tags: plural