spxtr comments on Entropy and Temperature - Less Wrong

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Comment author: spxtr 17 December 2014 08:36:00PM 1 point [-]

S(E) is the log of the number of states in phase space that are consistent with energy E. Having energy E means that E/ε particles are excited, so we get (N choose E/ε) states. Now take the log :)