Theoretical foundations and mathematical formalism of the power-law tailed statistical distributions (Q280659)

Summary: We present the main features of the mathematical theory generated by the \(\kappa\)-deformed exponential function \(\exp k(x)=(\sqrt{1+k^2x^2}+kx)^{1/k}\), with \(0\leq\kappa<1\), developed in the last twelve years, which turns out to be a continuous one parameter deformation of the ordinary mathematics generated by the Euler exponential function. The \(\kappa\)-mathematics has its roots in special relativity and furnishes the theoretical foundations of the \(\kappa\)-statistical mechanics predicting power law tailed statistical distributions, which have been observed experimentally in many physical, natural and artificial systems. After introducing the \(\kappa\)-algebra, we present the associated \(\kappa\)-differential and \(\kappa\)-integral calculus. Then, we obtain the corresponding \(\kappa\)-exponential and \(\kappa\)-logarithm functions and give the \(\kappa\)-version of the main functions of the ordinary mathematics.