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SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF MOLECULES.
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(516)
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or
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(517)
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This may be called the probability of the petit ensemble

. The sum of all such probabilities is evidently unity. That is,
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(518)
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which agrees with (506).
The average value in the grand ensemble of any quantity
, is given by the formula
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(519)
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If

is a function of

alone,
i. e., if it has the same value in all systems of any same petit ensemble, the formula reduces to
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(520)
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Again, if we write

and

to distinguish averages in the grand and petit ensembles, we shall have
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(521)
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In this chapter, in which we are treating of grand ensembles,
will always denote the average for a grand ensemble. In the preceding chapters,
has always denoted the average for a petit ensemble.