The probability of a system being in the ith microstate is given by $P_i = frac{e^{-eta E_i}}{Z}$, where $E_i$ is the the energy of ith microstate. Show that the entropy is given by $frac{S}{K_B} = ln Z + eta U$, where $U$ is the internal energy given by $U = sum_i P_i E_i$
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