= Equipartition theorem
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The equipartition theorem is a fundamental concept in classical statistical mechanics that states that energy is distributed equally among all degrees of freedom of a system in thermal equilibrium at a given temperature. According to this theorem, each degree of freedom contributes an average energy of \\( \\frac\{1\}\{2\} k_B T \\) per degree of freedom to the total energy of the system, where \\( k_B \\) is the Boltzmann constant and \\( T \\) is the absolute temperature in Kelvin.
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