Rényi Entropy in Statistical Mechanics

Rényi entropy was originally introduced in the field of information theory as a parametric relaxation of Shannon (in physics, Boltzmann–Gibbs) entropy. This has also fuelled different attempts to generalise statistical mechanics, although mostly skipping the physical arguments behind this entropy an...

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Main Authors: Jesús Fuentes, Jorge Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24/8/1080