Tsallis distribution as a standard maximum entropy solution with `tail' constraint

DOI10.1016/j.physleta.2008.06.088zbMath1223.82021MaRDI QIDQ641349

J.-F. Bercher

Publication date: 21 October 2011

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.06.088

zbMATH Keywords

maximum entropy principle; nonextensive statistics; Rényi entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82B31: Stochastic methods applied to problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics

94A17: Measures of information, entropy

82B30: Statistical thermodynamics

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