Geometry of basic statistical physics mapping

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/49/38/385202MaRDI QIDQ2826712zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mario Angelelli, B. Konopelchenko

Publication date 18 October 2016

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07931

zbMATH Keywords

mappingmetricstatistical hypersurfacetropical limit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

Abstract: Geometry of hypersurfaces defined by the relation which generalizes classical formula for free energy in terms of microstates is studied. Induced metric, Riemann curvature tensor, Gauss-Kronecker curvature and associated entropy are calculated. Special class of ideal statistical hypersurfaces is analyzed in details. Non-ideal hypersurfaces and their singularities similar to those of the phase transitions are considered. Tropical limit of statistical hypersurfaces and double scaling tropical limit are discussed too.

Review text

A main formula of statistical physics \(F=-kT\ln(\sum_{n}e^{-E_{n}/kT})\) suggests the study of the general mapping defined by \(F=\ln(\sum_{j=1}^me^{f_j(x_1,\dots,x_n)})\) with real-valued functions \(f_j\) of \(n\) real variables, and arbitrary \(n,m\). A main aim of the present paper is to investigate geometrical objects relating to the defined mapping and probabilities \(w_j=\frac{e^{f_j(x)}}{\sum_ke^{f_k(x)}}\), \(j\in\{1,\dots,m\}\). In the paper, the induced metric, the Riemann curvature tensor, the Gauss-Kronecker curvature and the associated entropy are calculated. Some special class of ideal statistical hypersurfaces is analyzed as well. Non-ideal hypersurfaces and their singularities similar to those of the phase transitions are considered too. Moreover, the authors discuss a tropical limit of statistical hypersurfaces and double scaling tropical limits.

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