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Entropy Geometry and Normalized Means on Infinite-Dimensional Hamiltonian Manifolds

Mathematical Physics 2026-07-21 v1 Differential Geometry Functional Analysis

Abstract

We propose a geometric--analytic framework for equilibrium statistical mechanics on infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems. In situations where no suitable σ\sigma-additive invariant measure is available, we use \emph{normalized means}, which generalize probability measures and normalized integrals. This construction yields entropy and free-energy functionals on weak symplectic Fr\'echet manifolds and gives existence and uniqueness of exponential-family equilibrium states under explicit admissibility and separation assumptions. These states are stationary under Hamiltonian flows preserving both the reference mean and the equilibrium weight, and satisfy a classical Poisson--KMS identity when the reference mean is Poisson invariant. Under a local exponential regularity assumption, the logarithmic partition functional is smooth and convex, with Hessian given by the covariance form. It is strictly convex modulo thermodynamically null directions and, through Legendre--Fenchel duality, induces a concave entropy on the domain of extensive variables. We illustrate the framework with HsH^s-geodesic equations on current groups Map(M,G)\operatorname{Map}(M,G) and diffeomorphism groups Diff(M)\operatorname{Diff}(M), including hydrodynamic and field-theoretic examples.

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@article{arxiv.2607.28660,
  title  = {Entropy Geometry and Normalized Means on Infinite-Dimensional Hamiltonian Manifolds},
  author = {Jean-Pierre Magnot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.28660},
  year   = {2026}
}