Route from discreteness to the continuum for the non-logarithmic $q$-entropy

Abstract

The existence and exact form of the continuum expression of the discrete nonlogarithmic $q$-entropy is an important open problem in generalized thermostatistics, since its possible lack implies that nonlogarithmic $q$-entropy is irrelevant for the continuous classical systems. In this work, we show how the discrete nonlogarithmic $q$-entropy in fact converges in the continuous limit and the negative of the $q$-entropy with continuous variables is demonstrated to lead to the (Csisz{á}r type) $q$-relative entropy just as the relation between the continuous Boltzmann-Gibbs expression and the Kullback-Leibler relative entropy. As a result, we conclude that there is no obstacle for the applicability of the $q$-entropy to the continuous classical physical systems.

4 pages, no figures, accepter in Phys. Rev. E

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