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parameters.1
- Some material for this section appeared in the previous
lecture notes.
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- A functional is a function of a function;
in this case, it takes a function and maps it to a scalar
which is numerically equal to the total free energy of the system
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- See last lecture for details. However, it is not important
that you know the mathematics, only the concepts.
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