Why is the electronic partition function generally equal to the degeneracy of the ground electronic state?

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Why is the electronic partition function generally equal to the degeneracy of the ground electronic state?

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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