How to Correctly Represent Microstates in an Einstein Solid?

[pentazoid]

Homework Statement

For an einstein solid with four oscillators and two unites of energy, represent each possible microstate as a series of dots and vertical lines.

Homework Equations

no relevant equations

The Attempt at a Solution

I won't list all my microstates, just a couple of microstates .

N=4
q=2

microstate: 2 0 0 0 => ..|||
microstate: 1 0 1 0 => .|.|
microstate: 0 2 0 0 ==> |..||

did I represent the microstates, which were suppose to be represented by dots and vertical lines correctly

 

[Conor_McF]

Your doing it correctly. Just make sure you get all possible combinations. In other words, your table should have [tex]\Omega(4, 2) = \left(\stackrel{5}{2}\right)[/tex] rows, all with different configurations.