Problem #0092 Quantum Physics Problem #0094 Chapters Chapters

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Problem 53.8 (RHK)

We have to prove that the occupancy probabilities for two states whose energies are equally spaced above and below the Fermi energy add up to one.

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The occupation probability in Fermi-Dirac statistics is

,

where is the Fermi energy.

Let . We have