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A Comment on Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics

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  • Oded KAFRI

    (Kafri Nihul Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel)

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There is a conception that Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics cannot yield the long tail distribution. This is the justification for the intensive research of nonextensive entropies (i.e. Tsallis entropy and others). Here the error that caused this misconception is explained and it is shown that a long tail distribution exists in equilibrium thermodynamics for more than a century.

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  • Oded KAFRI, 2016. "A Comment on Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics," Journal of Economics Library, KSP Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 583-586, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ5:v:3:y:2016:i:4:p:583-586
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    1. Oded KAFRI, 2016. "Sociological Inequality and the Second Law," Journal of Economic and Social Thought, KSP Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 476-480, December.
    2. Lenzi, E.K. & Mendes, R.S. & da Silva, L.R., 2000. "Statistical mechanics based on Renyi entropy," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 280(3), pages 337-345.
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    Keywords

    Long-tail distribution; Power Law; Zipf Law; Tsallis Entropy;
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    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium

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