On the maximum entropy principle and the minimization of the Fisher information in Tsallis statistics

Abstract

We give a new proof of the theorems on the maximum entropy principle in Tsallis statistics. That is, we show that the $q$-canonical distribution attains the maximum value of the Tsallis entropy, subject to the constraint on the $q$-expectation value and the $q$-Gaussian distribution attains the maximum value of the Tsallis entropy, subject to the constraint on the $q$-variance, as applications of the nonnegativity of the Tsallis relative entropy, without using the Lagrange multipliers method. In addition, we define a $q$-Fisher information and then prove a $q$-Cram\'er-Rao inequality that the $q$-Gaussian distribution with special $q$-variances attains the minimum value of the $q$-Fisher information.