Debye function

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In mathematics, the family of Debye functions is defined by

D_n(x) = \frac{n}{x^n} \int_0^x \frac{t^n}{e^t - 1}\,dt.

In honor of Peter Debye who came across this function (with n = 3) in 1912 when he analytically computed the heat capacity of a solid. His method is now called the Debye model.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/e/b/Debye_function.html"