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Gibbs--Bogoliubov--Feynman inequality

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For an exact dimensionless Hamiltonian H and trial Hamiltonian H0​, the free energies obey
F≤F0​+⟨H−H0​⟩0​,
(1)
where F0​=−logZ0​ and the expectation uses the trial Gibbs distribution Z0−1​e−H0​.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / iii / Paper 344 / 1 / c / Solution
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