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To characterize strongly interacting statistical systems within a thermodynamical framework - complex systems in particular - it might be necessary to introduce generalized entropies, $S_g$. A series of such entropies have been proposed in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-07-05 Rudolf Hanel , Stefan Thurner

The aim of the present paper is to present a careful and accessible discussion of the formal aspects of Boltzmann-Gibbs and Tsallis entropies. We begin with a brief overview of Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy, highlighting its main properties and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-10-23 Kelvin dos Santos Alves , Rogerio Teixeira Cavalcanti

The Gibbs entropy of a macroscopic classical system is a function of a probability distribution over phase space, i.e., of an ensemble. In contrast, the Boltzmann entropy is a function on phase space, and is thus defined for an individual…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-01 Sheldon Goldstein , Joel L. Lebowitz , Roderich Tumulka , Nino Zanghi

On a fine grained scale the Gibbs entropy of an isolated system remains constant throughout its dynamical evolution. This is a consequence of Liouville's theorem for Hamiltonian systems and appears to contradict the second law of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-05 Renato Pakter , Yan Levin

Systems with a long-term stationary state that possess as a spatio-temporally fluctuation quantity $\beta$ can be described by a superposition of several statistics, a "super statistics". We consider first, the Gamma, log-normal and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 O. Obregón , A. Gil-Villegas

A large class of technically non-chaotic systems, involving scatterings of light particles by flat surfaces with sharp boundaries, is nonetheless characterized by complex random looking motion in phase space. For these systems one may…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Henk van Beijeren

Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics applies satisfactorily to a plethora of systems. It fails however for complex systems generically involving strong space-time entanglement. Its generalization based on nonadditive $q$-entropies…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-15 R. M. de Oliveira , Samuraí Brito , L. R. da Silva , Constantino Tsallis

A thermodynamic-like formalism is developed for superstatistical systems based on conditional entropies. This theory takes into account large-scale variations of intensive variables of systems in nonequilibrium stationary states. Ordinary…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sumiyoshi Abe , Christian Beck , E. G. D. Cohen

We propose a general approach, named by us hyperstatistics, to treat complex systems, in which Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics breaks down in domains of the system. Hyperstatistics preserves the concavity of nonadditive $q$-entropy. We obtain…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-29 Lucas Squillante , Samuel M. Soares , Constantino Tsallis , Mariano de Souza

A statistical thermodynamic approach of moving particles forming an elastic body is presented which leads to reveal molecular-mechanical properties of classical and nonextensive dynamical systems. We derive the Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) entropy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Enrique Canessa

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…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuzuru Sato , Constantino Tsallis

It is pointed out that the constraint to be imposed to the maximization of the entropy for processes outside the class of thermodynamical systems, is generally not well defined. In fact, any probability distribution can be derived from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Damian H. Zanette , Marcelo M. Montemurro

Regardless of studies and debates over a century, the statistical origin of the second law of thermodynamics still remains illusive. One essential obstacle is the lack of a proper theoretical formalism for non-equilibrium entropy. Here I…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-18 Xiangjun Xing

Thermodynamics makes definite predictions about the thermal behavior of macroscopic systems in and out of equilibrium. Statistical mechanics aims to derive this behavior from the dynamics and statistics of the atoms and molecules making up…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-03-28 Sheldon Goldstein , David A. Huse , Joel L. Lebowitz , Pablo Sartori

The critique against using Boltzmann's microcanonical entropy, an "ensemble measure", as foundation of statistics is rebuffed. The confusion of the microcanonical distribution with the exponential Boltzmann-Gibbs (``BG'') distribution is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. H. E. Gross

The original canonical ensemble formalism for the nonextensive entropy thermostatistics is reconsidered. It is shown that the unambiguous connection of the statistical mechanics with the equilibrium thermodynamics is provided if the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. S. Parvan

We develop a method using a coarse graining of the energy fluctuations of an equilibrium quantum system which produces simple parameterizations for the behaviour of the system. As an application, we use these methods to gain more…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jani Lukkarinen

Observational entropy -- a quantity that unifies Boltzmann's entropy, Gibbs' entropy, von Neumann's macroscopic entropy, and the diagonal entropy -- has recently been argued to play a key role in a modern formulation of statistical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Teruaki Nagasawa , Kohtaro Kato , Eyuri Wakakuwa , Francesco Buscemi

A well-known result across information theory, machine learning, and statistical physics shows that the maximum entropy distribution under a mean constraint has an exponential form called the Gibbs-Boltzmann distribution. This is used for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Amir R. Asadi , Emmanuel Abbe

The nonextensive statistics based on Tsallis entropy have been so far used for the systems composed of subsystems having same $q$. The applicability of this statistics to the systems with different $q$'s is still a matter of investigation.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Qiuping A. Wang