English

On the extensivity of the entropy $S_q$ for $N \le 3$ specially correlated binary subsystems

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Many natural and artificial systems whose range of interaction is long enough are known to exhibit (quasi)stationary states that defy the standard, Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanical prescriptions. For handling such anomalous systems (or at least some classes of them), {\it nonextensive} statistical mechanics has been proposed based on the entropy Sqk(1i=1Wpiq)/(q1)S_{q}\equiv k (1-\sum_{i=1}^Wp_i^{q})/(q-1), with S1=kΣi=1WpilnpiS_1=-k\Sigma_{i=1}^{W} p_i \ln p_i (Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy). Special collective correlations can be mathematically constructed such that the strictly {\it additive} entropy is now SqS_q for an adequate value of q1q \ne 1, whereas Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy is {\it nonadditive}. Since important classes of systems exist for which the strict additivity of Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy is replaced by asymptotic additivity (i.e., extensivity), a variety of classes are expected to exist for which the strict additivity of Sq(q1)S_q (q\ne 1) is similarly replaced by asymptotic additivity (i.e., extensivity). All probabilistically well defined systems whose adequate entropy is S1S_{1} are called {\it extensive} (or {\it normal}). They correspond to a number WeffW^{\it eff} of {\it effectively} occupied states which grows {\it exponentially} with the number NN of elements (or subsystems). Those whose adequate entropy is Sq(q1)S_q (q \ne 1) are currently called {\it nonextensive} (or {\it anomalous}). They correspond to WeffW^{\it eff} growing like a {\it power} of NN. To illustrate this scenario, recently addressed, we provide in this paper details about systems composed by N=2,3N=2,3 two-state subsystems.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0411073,
  title  = {On the extensivity of the entropy $S_q$ for $N \le 3$ specially correlated binary subsystems},
  author = {Yuzuru Sato and Constantino Tsallis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0411073},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages including 7 figures. Invited paper to appear in a special issue of the International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos: Proceedings of the Summer School and Conference on Complexity at Patras and Olympia (July 2004), Ed. T. Bountis