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Instability of q-expectation value

arXiv:0806.3934

Abstract

q-Expectation value of a physical quantity is widely used in nonextensive statistical mechanics. Here, it is shown that the q-expectation value is not stable under small deformations of a probability distribution function, in general, whereas the ordinary expectation value is always stable.

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