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.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
10 pages, 2 figures, modified version, accepted for publication in Physica A