Solution

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For , the Boltzmann factors of the orientations become almost equal, giving nearly equiprobable microstates. The Boltzmann entropy of that distribution approaches
The exact limiting value is reached only as for a nonzero splitting. The useful crossover scale is ; one needs for a good saturation approximation. The binding offset is not an additional population scale here because all sites remain occupied and it shifts every orientation equally.

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