On the robustness of the q-Gaussian family

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2015.09.006zbMATH Open1360.60057arXiv1506.02136OpenAlexW1752533918MaRDI QIDQ528255FDOQ528255

Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 12 May 2017

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

Abstract: We introduce three deformations, called $alpha$-, $$- and $gamma$-deformation respectively, of a $N$-body probabilistic model, first proposed by Rodr'iguez et al. (2008), having $q$-Gaussians as $Noinfty$ limiting probability distributions. The proposed $alpha$- and $$-deformations are asymptotically scale-invariant, whereas the $gamma$-deformation is not. We prove that, for both $alpha$- and $$-deformations, the resulting deformed triangles still have $q$-Gaussians as limiting distributions, with a value of $q$ independent (dependent) on the deformation parameter in the $alpha$-case ($$-case). In contrast, the $gamma$-case, where we have used the celebrated $Q$-numbers and the Gauss binomial coefficients, yields other limiting probability distribution functions, outside the $q$-Gaussian family. These results suggest that scale-invariance might play an important role regarding the robustness of the $q$-Gaussian family.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.02136

zbMATH Keywords

nonextensive statistical mechanicsnonadditive entropyLeibniz trianglescale-invariance\(Q\)-number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05)

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