Statistical Thermodynamics and Rate Theories/Tips for deriving relations with partition functions

Use the rules of logarithms You can use the rules of logarithms to isolate terms. Example Derivatives of Constants are Equal to Zero If you are taking a derivative of a function, you can use the rules of logarithms to isolate a term that depends on that variable. Now, you only need to take the derivative on this term. the derivatives of all other terms will be zero