... then¹

standard physicist's demurral (applies throughout), ``if it is physical, it is legal''.

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... order²

$$\left ( \frac{\partial p(V,T)}{\partial V}\right )_T$$

means the partial derivative of p(V,T) with respect to the variable V while holding the variable T constant.

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