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Entropy and its discontents: A note on definitions

arXiv:1405.7601 · doi:10.3390/e16074044

Abstract

The routine definitions of both entropy, and differential entropy show inconsistencies that make them not reciprocally coherent. We propose a few possible modifications of these quantities so that 1) they no longer show incongruities, 2) they go one into the other in a suitable limit as the result of a renormalization. The properties of the new quantities would slightly differ from that of the usual entropies in a few other respects

18 pages, 7 figures; minor modifications required by referees; 1 reference and Acknowledgements added

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