Is the Information Entropy the Same as the Statistical Mechanical Entropy?
Por Camilo Arcaya • 27 sep, 2012 • Sección: CríticaPhil Attard
Abstract: It is shown that the standard expression for the information entropy, originally due to Shannon, is only valid for a particular set of states. For the general case of statistical mechanics, one needs to include an additional term in the expression for the entropy as a function of the probability. A simple derivation of the general formula is given.
arXiv:1209.5500v1 [cond-mat.stat-mech]
