Ornstein-Zernike relation from the grand canonical distribution function

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Defining the local activity by

where , and is the Boltzmann constant. Using those definitions the grand canonical partition function can be written as


.


By functionally-differentiating with respect to Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle z(r)} , and utilizing the mathematical theorem concerning the functional derivative,


,


we get the following equations with respect to the density pair correlation functions.


,


.


A relation between and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho^{(2)}(r,r')} can be obtained after some manipulation as,


Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\delta\rho(r)\over{\delta \ln z(r')}}=\rho^{(2)}(r,r')-\rho(r)\rho(r')+\delta(r-r')\rho(r).}


Now, we define the direct correlation function by an inverse relation of the previous equation,


Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\delta \ln z(r)\over{\delta\rho(r')}}={\delta(r-r')\over{\rho(r')}} -c(r,r').}


Inserting these two reults into the chain-rule theorem of functional derivatives,


Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \int{\delta\rho(r)\over{\delta \ln z(r^{\prime\prime})}}{\delta \ln z(r^{\prime\prime})\over{\delta\rho(r')}}dr^{\prime\prime}=\delta(r-r')} ,


one obtains the Ornstein-Zernike relation. Thus the Ornstein-Zernike relation is, in a sense, a differential form of the partition function.