Stability of the entropy for superstatistics
Abstract
The Boltzmann-Gibbs celebrated entropy is {\it concave} (with regard to all probability distributions ) and {\it stable} (under arbitrarily small deformations of any given probability distribution). It seems reasonable to consider these two properties as {\it necessary} for an entropic form to be a {\it physical} one in the thermostatistical sense. Most known entropic forms (e.g., Renyi entropy) violate these conditions, in contrast with the basis of nonextensive statistical mechanics, namely , which satisfies both (). We have recently generalized (into ) in order to yield, through optimization, the Beck-Cohen superstatistics. We show here that satisfies both conditions as well. Given the fact that the (experimentally observed) optimizing distributions are invariant through {\it any} monotonic function of the entropic form to be optimized, this might constitute a very strong criterion for identifying the physically correct entropy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301304,
title = {Stability of the entropy for superstatistics},
author = {A. M. C. Souza and C. Tsallis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301304},
year = {2015}
}
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