Physical Chemistry
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.8E
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
The value of
Concept introduction:
Stirling’s approximation is used to estimate the natural logarithm of factorial of a number. The Stirling’s approximation is represented as,
It is assumed in the Stirling’s approximation that
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