Occam's Razor Cuts Away the Maximum Entropy Principle
Classical Physics
2014-07-22 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
I show that the maximum entropy principle can be replaced by a more natural assumption, that there exists a phenomenological function of entropy consistent with the microscopic model. The requirement of existence provides then a unique construction of the related probability density. I conclude the letter with an axiomatic formulation of the notion of entropy, which is suitable for exploration of the non-equilibrium phenomena.
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@article{arxiv.1407.3738,
title = {Occam's Razor Cuts Away the Maximum Entropy Principle},
author = {Łukasz Rudnicki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.3738},
year = {2014}
}
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5 pages