Incremental Entropy Relation as an Alternative to MaxEnt

We show that, to generate the statistical operator appropriate for a given system, and as an alternative to Jaynes’ MaxEnt approach, that refers to the entropy S, one can use instead the increments ±S in S. To such an effect, one uses the macroscopic thermodynamic relation that links ±S t...

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Main Authors: Montse Casas, Evaldo M. F. Curado, Angel R. Plastino, Angelo Plastino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2008-06-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/2/124/