Talk:Boltzmann distribution

I think that the current definition of Boltzmann distribution is misleading. The probability of a microsate, say $X_{i}$, is $\propto \exp \left[-E(X_{i})\right]$. but a given energy can be degenerate, so I think that it should be written something like

$f(E)\propto \Omega (E)\exp \left[-E/k_{B}T\right]$,

where $\Omega \left(E\right)$ is the degeneracy of the energy $E$; therefore 

$f(E)={\frac {1}{Z}}\Omega (E)\exp \left[-E/k_{B}T\right]$.

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--Noe 10:32, 17 July 2008 (CEST)

Good point -- Carl McBride (talk) 14:33, 17 July 2008 (CEST)