10: MathChapters
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- 10.5: E- Determinants
- The concept of determinants has its origin in the solution of simultaneous linear equations. In physical chemistry, they are an important tool in quantum mechanics
- 10.8: H- Partial Differentiation
- The development of thermodynamics would have been unthinkable without calculus in more than one dimension (multivariate calculus) and partial differentiation is essential to the theory.