In deriving the vibrational partition function, a mathematical expression for the series expression for the partition function was employed. However, what if one performed integration instead of summation to evaluate the partition function? Evaluate the following expression for the vibrational partition function:

Under what conditions would you expect the resulting expression for q_V to be applicable?

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- βhon n Σe βho Σ n=0 Ξ βhcn