Maxwell Boltzman distribution is ni/gi =e-(εi−µ)/kT. In quantum mechanical case, +/-1 is added at the end of kT. (+) sign is for Fermi-Dirac distribution and (-) is for Bose-Einstein distribution. I want to know what is the physical significance of these signs and how can we relate this to classical (Boltzman) distribution.
My answer was that the interpretation of entropy is independent of the statistics one uses.
the value of the entropy will change according to the different statistics. This is because different statistics lead to different distributions, hence to different values of the calculated entropy, but the interpretation of the entropy is the same for any distribution
Arieh
Entropy: A concept that is not a physical quantity
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230554936_Entropy_A_concept_that_is_not_a_physical_quantity
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