\sect{Baruch's C25.} Consider a system with random impurities. An experiment measures one realization of the impurity distribution and many experiments yield an average denoted by $\langle ...\rangle$. Consider the free energy as being a sum over $N$ independent subsystems, i.e. parts of the original system, with average value $F =(1/N) \sum_{i=1}^N F_i$ ; the subsystems are identical in average, i.e. $\langle F_i\rangle =\langle F\rangle$. \begin{itemize} \item[(a)] The subsystems are independent, i.e. $\langle F_iF_j\rangle =\langle F_i\rangle \langle F_j\rangle$ for $i\neq j$, although they may interact through their surface. Explain this. \item[(b)] Show that $\langle (F- \langle F\rangle)^2\rangle \sim 1/N $ so that even if the variance $\langle (F_i- \langle F\rangle)^2\rangle $ may not be small any measurement of F is typically near its average. \item[(c)] Would the conclusion (b) apply to the average of the partition function Z, i.e. replacing $F_i$ by $Z_i$ ?\\ \end{itemize} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%