Differential invariants of measurements, and their connection to central moments

DOI10.3390/E22101118arXiv2005.08895WikidataQ104108481 ScholiaQ104108481MaRDI QIDQ6340950FDOQ6340950

Authors: Eivind Schneider 

Publication date: 18 May 2020

Abstract: Due to the principle of minimal information gain, the measurement of points in an affine space $V$ determines a Legendrian submanifold of $Vimes{V}^{*}imesmathbbR$. Such Legendrian submanifolds are equipped with additional geometric structures that come from the central moments of the underlying probability distributions and are invariant under the action of the group of affine transformations on $V$. We investigate the action of this group of affine transformations on Legendrian submanifolds of $Vimes{V}^{*}imesmathbbR$ by giving a detailed overview of the structure of the algebra of scalar differential invariants. We show how the central moments can be used to construct the scalar differential invariants. In the end, we view the results in the context of equilibrium thermodynamics of gases, where we notice that the heat capacity is one of the differential invariants.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05)

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