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EPL
Volume 147, Number 1, July 2024
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Article Number | 11001 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Statistical physics and networks | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ad5d89 | |
Published online | 02 August 2024 |
Perspective on physical interpretations of Rényi entropy in statistical mechanics
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy - 38000 Grenoble, France
Received: 8 April 2024
Accepted: 1 July 2024
Rényi entropy is a one-parameter generalization of Shannon entropy, which has been used in various fields of physics. Despite its wide applicability, the physical interpretations of the Rényi entropy are not widely known. In this paper, we discuss some basic properties of the Rényi entropy relevant to physics, in particular statistical mechanics, and its physical interpretations using free energy, replicas, work, and large deviation.
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