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arxiv: 1104.4914 · v1 · pith:IA6JTRE3new · submitted 2011-04-26 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · math-ph· math.MP

Entropy of continuous mixtures and the measure problem

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech math-phmath.MP
keywords measureproblemcollisionconditioncontinuousentropyfunctionalphase
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In its continuous version, the entropy functional measuring the information content of a given probability density may be plagued by a "measure" problem that results from improper weighting of phase space. This issue is addressed considering a generic collision process whereby a large number of particles/agents randomly and repeatedly interact in pairs, with prescribed conservation law(s). We find a sufficient condition under which the stationary single particle distribution function maximizes an entropy-like functional, that is free of the measure problem. This condition amounts to a factorization property of the Jacobian associated to the binary collision law, from which the proper weighting of phase space directly follows.

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