Isotropic submanifolds generated by the maximum entropy principle and Onsager reciprocity relations (Q2573503)

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Isotropic submanifolds generated by the maximum entropy principle and Onsager reciprocity relations
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    Isotropic submanifolds generated by the maximum entropy principle and Onsager reciprocity relations (English)
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    22 November 2005
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    The Maximum Entropy Principle (MEP) makes it possible to select a probability distribution that maximises the entropy functional under some linear or nonlinear constraints. It defines in a natural way a Morse family and a related isotropic submanifold of an infinite-dimensional linear symplectic space. This geometric approach becomes useful when dealing with the MEP with nonlinear constraints and it allows one to derive Onsager-like reciprocity relations as a consequence of the isotropy.
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    symplectic geometry
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    Morse family
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    maximum entropy principle
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    Lagrange multipliers
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    Onsager relations
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