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On the maximum entropy principle in non-extensive thermostatistics

Jan Naudts

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0405508

Abstract

It is possible to derive the maximum entropy principle from thermodynamic stability requirements. Using as a starting point the equilibrium probability distribution, currently used in non-extensive thermostatistics, it turns out that the relevant entropy function is Renyi's alpha-entropy, and not Tsallis' entropy.

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