On the putative essential discreteness of q-generalized entropies
Statistical Mechanics
2017-08-23 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Classical Physics
Abstract
It has been argued in [EPL {\bf 90} (2010) 50004], entitled {\it Essential discreteness in generalized thermostatistics with non-logarithmic entropy}, that "continuous Hamiltonian systems with long-range interactions and the so-called q-Gaussian momentum distributions are seen to be outside the scope of non-extensive statistical mechanics". The arguments are clever and appealing. We show here that, however, some mathematical subtleties render them unconvincing
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@article{arxiv.1704.08380,
title = {On the putative essential discreteness of q-generalized entropies},
author = {A. Plastino and M. C. Rocca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.08380},
year = {2017}
}
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