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Homework Statement
The question asked me to show that the entropy of a fermionic gas is
##S = -k_B \Sigma_i (1-f_i)\ln(1-f_i) +f_i\ln(f_i)##
Using the Fermi-Dirac distribution so ##f_i = \frac{n_i}{g_i}##.
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The Attempt at a Solution
The number of microstates ##\Omega## is
##\Omega =## Π##\frac{g_i!}{n_i!(g_i-n_i)!}## and using ##S = k_B ln(\Omega)## I've arrived at the expression:
##S = -k_B \Sigma_i g_i (1-f_i)\ln(1-f_i) +f_i\ln(f_i)##
So there's an unwanted factor of ##g_i##. I'm told it is meant to be there, and I need to explain why it can be set to 1. Something to do with i being the state index and a quantum state can't be degenerate. Could someone explain that to me? Any help is much appreciated! :)