T. Dauxois' "Non-Gaussian distributions under scrutiny" under scrutiny

Abstract

A recent paper by T. Dauxois entitled "Non-Gaussian distributions under scrutiny" is submitted to scrutiny. Several comments on its content are made, which constitute, at the same time, a brief state-of-the-art review of nonextensive statistical mechanics, a current generalization of the Boltzmann-Gibbs theory. Some inadvertences and misleading sentences are pointed out as well.

arXiv comment13 pages. Astrophysics and Space Science (Springer, 2008), in press. In the second version, one more example and a few references have been added

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