Fermi-window convolution of the grand potential
ID: fermi-window-convolution-of-the-grand-potential
For noninteracting fermions with density of states , define . The grand potential is , where has derivative . Integrating by parts twice gives the title expression, since and upper boundary terms vanish for ordinary polynomially growing densities of states. The Fermi window therefore thermally averages the zero-temperature grand potential as a function of trial Fermi energy.
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