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\section{Second-order decay, $A+A\to P$}
Taking our definitions of the integrated rate law, survival function, and time dependent rate coefficient, we are able to apply them to to second order irreversible decay. The integrated second-order rate law gives the survival function
%\begin{equation}
% C_A(t) = \frac{C_A(0)}{1+\omega tC_A(0)}
%\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
S(t) = \frac{C_A(t)}{C_A(0)} = \frac{1}{1+\omega tC_A(0)}
\end{equation}
In second order, we define the time dependent rate coefficient as the time derivative of the inverse of the survival function[insert citation]
\begin{equation}
k_2(t) \equiv \frac{d}{dt}S(t)^{-1} = \omega C_A(0)