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Fermion and dilute grand-canonical formulas
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()). Let and let and be real data; write .
(a) Single fermionic orbital. On with orthonormal basis define the bounded self-adjoint operator by , (A bounded linear operator between normed spaces). Then the diagonal operator is positive, self-adjoint, finite rank, and (Trace class operator, Trace of a trace class operator, Trace is absolutely convergent and basis independent).
(b) Countable grand-canonical factor products. Define and set with the convention if some has . Then: and in these finite cases and .
(c) Mode occupancies and dilute remainders. For a single mode with (boson) and (fermion), consequently the deviations from are bounded by and respectively, and both are at most when .
All statements are mathematical statements about diagonal weights and products; no identification of with physical temperatures, chemical potentials or energies, and no thermal or thermodynamic conclusion, is asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: the real data , , , the numbers , the two-dimensional Hilbert space with orthonormal basis , the finite-rank operators , and .
For , the geometric series gives (For , , and for the series diverges). Tonelli for nonnegative double series (Tonelli's theorem for double series of nonnegative extended real numbers) gives . This scalar derivation uses no Axiom-of-Choice operator supplier.
A finite-rank operator is trace class; the trace is independent of the chosen Hilbert basis and equals the sum of the diagonal entries in any supplied Hilbert basis (Trace class operator, Trace of a trace class operator, Trace is absolutely convergent and basis independent).
The scalar bosonic logarithmic comparison is for : apply the integral bounds of [F3] at . This uses only The natural logarithm has derivative 1/x and equals the integral from 1 to x of 1/t, If on and both are integrable then ; and and The natural logarithm as the inverse of the exponential function, not a Hilbert-space or spectral product theorem.
The natural logarithm has the product, quotient and reciprocal laws and is continuous and strictly increasing on (Order, continuity, range, and the product, quotient, and reciprocal laws for the natural logarithm).
The complex exponential satisfies for all complex and extends the real exponential (, and the complex exponential extends the real exponential).
A nondecreasing real sequence bounded above converges to the supremum of its range (A nondecreasing sequence bounded above converges to the supremum of its range, and a nonincreasing sequence bounded below to the infimum).
Proof
[Single orbital] The vector is an eigenvector of with eigenvalue , so on a complete orthonormal family, hence everywhere; is a positive diagonal finite-rank operator with eigenvalues and . By [F2] its trace is and the weighted average of the eigenvalues is . This proves (a).
[Dilute remainders] For , the bosonic signed deviation is . For every , the fermionic signed deviation is . Their absolute values are and on these respective domains; when , each is bounded by because and . The bosonic geometric sums are [F1], and the fermionic finite sums are and . This proves (c).
[Fermionic products] If infinitely many have , the product over any of these indices is at least , so and . Otherwise their finitely many factors are finite positive constants, and [F3] gives on the remaining tail. Thus the nonnegative logarithmic partial sums are bounded exactly when . Since , the increasing partial products have a finite limit exactly in that case. Every finite subset is contained in an initial segment and every factor is at least one, so their supremum equals that limit. Finally , giving precisely the fermionic equivalence in (b).
[Bosonic products] If some , then and by the stated convention; also fails. Suppose all . By [F4], for every index. If infinitely many , both corresponding sums diverge; otherwise discard only that finite set and use on its complement. Consequently exactly when , and the reciprocal partial products, whose logarithms are these partial sums, have a finite limit exactly then. Their limit equals the finite-subset supremum because the factors are at least one. If , then , so since and . In particular, all but finitely many exceed ; hence the infimum is attained in a nonempty finite initial set. Since every , this gives . Conversely, and imply all and , so the scalar criterion just proved gives finite . This proves the full bosonic equivalence without assuming attainment in the hypotheses and without invoking an Axiom-of-Choice spectral theorem.
[Conclusion] Steps 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 establish (a), (c), the fermionic half of (b) and the bosonic half of (b) respectively; in the finite cases the displayed products are the limits, and the mode occupancies in (c) are the normalized geometric sums of [F1]. The closing paragraph of the statement records that no physical identification of the parameters or of the products with thermodynamic quantities is asserted.
Depends on
Tonelli's theorem for double series of nonnegative extended real numbers
Density operators and scalar spectral probability
Trace class operator
Trace of a trace class operator
Trace is absolutely convergent and basis independent
For , , and for the series diverges
The natural logarithm as the inverse of the exponential function
The natural logarithm has derivative 1/x and equals the integral from 1 to x of 1/t
If on and both are integrable then ; and
Hilbert space
A bounded linear operator between normed spaces
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Order, continuity, range, and the product, quotient, and reciprocal laws for the natural logarithm
, and the complex exponential extends the real exponential
A nondecreasing sequence bounded above converges to the supremum of its range, and a nonincreasing sequence bounded below to the infimum
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Sources
- I. Burmistrov and A. Lunkin, Lecture Notes on Statistical Mechanics (HSE, 2023), Sections 1.3-1.4 pp. 24-35 (Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions, canonical and grand canonical partition functions)
- F. H. L. Essler, Advanced Quantum Theory (Oxford lecture notes, 2017/18), Sections 4.1-4.2 pp. 25-27 (ideal Bose gas, occupation numbers, chemical potential)