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Example of a possible interpretation of Tsallis entropy

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-13 v3 Other Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We demonstrate and discuss the process of gaining information and show an example in which some specific way of gaining information about an object results in the Tsallis form of entropy rather than in the Shannon one.

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@article{arxiv.0711.3348,
  title  = {Example of a possible interpretation of Tsallis entropy},
  author = {Grzegorz Wilk and Zbigniew Wlodarczyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3348},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures, modified version, accepted for publication in Physica A

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