A Bayesian interpretation of first-order phase transitions

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9967-5zbMATH Open1341.82032arXiv1405.3214OpenAlexW2135326359MaRDI QIDQ285980FDOQ285980

Authors: Sergio Davis, Joaquín Peralta, Yasmín Navarrete, Diego L. González, Gonzalo Gutiérrez 

Publication date: 19 May 2016

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

Abstract: The formalism used in describing the thermodynamics of abrupt (or first-order) phase transitions is reviewed as an application of maximum entropy inference. In this treatment, we show that the concepts of transition temperature, latent heat and entropy difference between phases will inevitably have an equivalent in any problem of inferring the result of a yes/no question, given information in the form of expectation values.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian inferencemaximum entropyphase transitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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