A thermodynamic geometric study of Rényi and Tsallis entropies

Details A thermodynamic geometric study of Rényi and Tsallis entropies A thermodynamic geometric study of Rényi and Tsallis entropies

2010-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/1008.2853v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

26 pages, 23 figures

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A general investigation is made into the intrinsic Riemannian geometry for complex systems, from the perspective of statistical mechanics. The entropic formulation of statistical mechanics is the ingredient which enables a connection between statistical mechanics and the corresponding Riemannian geometry. The form of the entropy used commonly is the Shannon entropy. However, for modelling complex systems, it is often useful to make use of entropies such as the R\'{e}nyi and Tsallis entropies. We consider, here, Shannon, R\'{e}nyi, Tsallis, Abe and structural entropies, for our analysis. We focus on one, two and three particle thermally excited configurations. We find that statistical pair correlation functions, determined by the components of the covariant metric tensor of the underlying thermodynamic geometry, associated with the various entropies have well defined, definite expressions, which may be extended for arbitrary finite particle systems. In all cases, we find a non-degenerate intrinsic Riemannian manifold. In particular, any finite particle system described in terms of R\'{e}nyi, Tsallis, Abe and structural entropies, always corresponds to an interacting statistical system, thereby highlighting their importance in the study of complex systems. On the other hand, a statistical description by the Gibbs-Shannon entropy corresponds to a non-interacting system.

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