The Legendre Transform in Non-Additive Thermodynamics and Complexity

<p dir="ltr">We present an argument which purports to show that the use of the standard Legendre transform in non-additive Statistical Mechanics is not appropriate. For concreteness, we use as paradigm, the case of systems which are conjecturally described by the (non-additive) Tsall...

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Main Author: Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos (9416607) (author)
Published: 2017
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Summary:<p dir="ltr">We present an argument which purports to show that the use of the standard Legendre transform in non-additive Statistical Mechanics is not appropriate. For concreteness, we use as paradigm, the case of systems which are conjecturally described by the (non-additive) Tsallis entropy. We point out the form of the modified Legendre transform that should be used, instead, in the non-additive thermodynamics induced by the Tsallis entropy. We comment on more general implications of this proposal for the thermodynamics of “complex systems”.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Entropy<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e19070298" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e19070298</a></p>