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In classical thermodynamics the entropy is an extensive quantity, i.e.\ the sum of the entropies of two subsystems in equilibrium with each other is equal to the entropy of the full system consisting of the two subsystems. The extensitivity…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 H. Fichtner , K. Scherer , M. Lazar , H. J. Fahr , Z. Vörös

In the 21st century, many of the crucial scientific and technical issues facing humanity can be understood as problems associated with understanding, modelling, and ultimately controlling complex systems: systems comprised of a large number…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Thomas F. Varley

In this expository paper we describe an unifying approach for many known entropies in Mathematics. First we recall the notion of semigroup entropy h_S in the category S of normed semigroups and contractive homomorphisms, recalling also its…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-08-20 Dikran Dikranjan , Anna Giordano Bruno

This is the first part in a series in which sofic entropy theory is generalized to class-bijective extensions of sofic groupoids. Here we define topological and measure entropy and prove invariance. We also establish the variational…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-03-19 Lewis Bowen

The expression for entropy sometimes appears mysterious - as it often is asserted without justification. This short manuscript contains a discussion of the underlying assumptions behind entropy as well as simple derivation of this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-09 Jonathon Shlens

In this paper, the concept of L-algebra is revisited and after that, the article is prepared to deal with the notion of the entropy of an L-algebra. If a set has an L-algebraic structure, it is possible to calculate the degree of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Mohamad Ebrahimi , Arsham Borumand Saeid

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

Entropy production (EP) is known as a fundamental quantity for measuring the irreversibility of processes in thermal equilibrium and states far from equilibrium. In stochastic thermodynamics, the EP becomes more visible in terms of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-06-24 Jaewoo Jung , Jaegon Um , Deokjae Lee , Yong W. Kim , D. Y. Lee , H. K. Pak , B. Kahng

We extend the definition of algebraic entropy to semi-discrete (difference-differential) equations. Calculating the entropy for a number of integrable and non integrable systems, we show that its vanishing is a characteristic feature of…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-05 D. K. Demskoi , C-M. Viallet

These lectures deal with the problem of inductive inference, that is, the problem of reasoning under conditions of incomplete information. Is there a general method for handling uncertainty? Or, at least, are there rules that could in…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2016-09-08 Ariel Caticha

We apply information theoretic entropies of coordinate and velocity distributions in quantum mechanics for the description of the strong field ionization process. The approach is based on the properties of the entropies used in the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 I. A. Ivanov , Chang Hee Nam , Kyung Taec Kim

In this work, with the help of fractional calculus, it is shown a time dependence of entropy more general than the well known Pesin relation is derived. Here the equiprobability postulate is not assumed, the system dynamic in the phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-05-07 O. Sotolongo-Costa , I. Rodríguez-Vargas

We ask the question whether entropy accumulates, in the sense that the operationally relevant total uncertainty about an $n$-partite system $A = (A_1, \ldots A_n)$ corresponds to the sum of the entropies of its parts $A_i$. The Asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Frederic Dupuis , Omar Fawzi , Renato Renner

Information is a precise concept that can be defined mathematically, but its relationship to what we call "knowledge" is not always made clear. Furthermore, the concepts "entropy" and "information", while deeply related, are distinct and…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2016-03-03 Christoph Adami

Entropic Dynamics is a framework in which dynamical laws such as those that arise in physics are derived as an application of entropic methods of inference. No underlying action principle is postulated. Instead, the dynamics is driven by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-23 Ariel Caticha

This is a review on entropy in various fields of mathematics and science. Its scope is to convey a unified vision of the classical as well as some newer entropy notions to a broad audience with an intermediate background in dynamical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-02-08 José M. Amigó , Karsten Keller , Valentina Unakafova

The concept of entropy in statistical physics is related to the existence of irreversible macroscopic processes. In this work, we explore a recently introduced entropy formula for a class of stochastic processes with more than one absorbing…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2022-10-21 Diogo Costa-Cabanas , Fabio A. C. C. Chalub , Max O. Souza

In this paper we introduce the definition of entropy for a partial $\mathbb{Z}$-action. We show that the definition of partial entropy is an extension of the definition of topological entropy for a $\mathbb Z$-action. We also prove that the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-07-30 A. Baraviera , Daniel Gonçalves , Danilo Royer , Ruy Exel , Fagner B. Rodrigues

Dissipative quantum systems are frequently described within the framework of the so-called "system-plus-reservoir" approach. In this work we assign their description to the Maximum Entropy Formalism and compare the resulting thermodynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-01-04 Lisan M. M. Durão , Amir O. Caldeira

We consider the category of partially observable dynamical systems, to which the entropy theory of dynamical systems extends functorially. This leads us to introduce quotient-topological entropy. We discuss the structure that emerges. We…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Leonhard Horstmeyer , Sharwin Rezagholi