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A Generalization of Tsallis' Non-Extensive Entropy and Energy Landscape Transformation Functions

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This article extends the non-extensive entropy of Tsallis and uses this entropy to model an energy producing system in an absorbing heat bath. This modified non-extensive entropy is superficially identical to the one proposed by Tsallis, but also incorporates a ''hidden'' parameter that provides greater flexibility for modeling energy constraints. This modified non-extensive entropy also leads to a more generalized family of energy transformation functions and also exhibits the structural scale invariance properties described in a previous article. This energy transformation also provides a more natural mechanism by which arbitrary power-law distributions can be stated in exponential form.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505665,
  title  = {A Generalization of Tsallis' Non-Extensive Entropy and Energy Landscape Transformation Functions},
  author = {Mark Fleischer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505665},
  year   = {2007}
}

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18 pages, LaTeX2e