Logarithmic and power-law entropies from convexity

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author Kalogeropoulos, Nikolaos
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contents In an attempt to understand the origin and robustness of the Boltzmann/Gibbs/Shannon entropic functional, we adopt a geometric approach and discuss the implications of the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma and of Dvoretzky's theorem on convex bodies for the choice of this functional form. We contrast these results with a more recent result on flowers of balls, which may be interpreted as suggesting the use of power-law entropies for some systems.
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spellingShingle Logarithmic and power-law entropies from convexity
Kalogeropoulos, Nikolaos
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Probability
History and Philosophy of Physics
In an attempt to understand the origin and robustness of the Boltzmann/Gibbs/Shannon entropic functional, we adopt a geometric approach and discuss the implications of the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma and of Dvoretzky's theorem on convex bodies for the choice of this functional form. We contrast these results with a more recent result on flowers of balls, which may be interpreted as suggesting the use of power-law entropies for some systems.
title Logarithmic and power-law entropies from convexity
topic Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Probability
History and Philosophy of Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17411