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A note on Sommerfeld's formula for Fermi-Dirac integrals

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Sommerfeld's formula for approximate evaluation of integrals involving the Fermi-Dirac function is derived by the Laplace transform method, and its limitations are discussed.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri

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Adawi, I. A note on Sommerfeld's formula for Fermi-Dirac integrals. J Stat Phys 12, 263–265 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011970

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