A Bayesian interpretation of first-order phase transitions

DOI10.1007/s10701-015-9967-5zbMath1341.82032arXiv1405.3214OpenAlexW2135326359MaRDI QIDQ285980

F. Blanchet-Sadri, M. Dambrine

Publication date: 19 May 2016

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.3214

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsmaximum entropyBayesian inference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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