"partition function" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: partition functions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} partition function (plural partition functions)
  1. (mathematics) generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics Categories (topical): Functions, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-partition_function-en-noun-Kvzwywon Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 15 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 16 27 29 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (number theory) function that represents the number of possible partitions of a natural number. Categories (topical): Number theory
    Sense id: en-partition_function-en-noun-aVLC8V8e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 15 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 16 27 29 Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences
  3. (quantum field theory) generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics
    Sense id: en-partition_function-en-noun-Kvzwywon1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 15 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 16 27 29 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, quantum-field-theory
  4. (statistical mechanics) function Z[J] that is the generating function of the correlation function Categories (topical): Statistical mechanics
    Sense id: en-partition_function-en-noun-bRYLYzru Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 15 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 16 27 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: function Hyponyms: Einstein partition function

Inflected forms

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