Interpretation of the Nonextensivity Parameter<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">q</mml:mi></mml:math>in Some Applications of Tsallis Statistics and Lévy Distributions

Wilk, G.; Włodarczyk, Z.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.84.2770

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Interpretation of the Nonextensivity Parameterqin Some Applications of Tsallis Statistics and Lévy Distributions

Published in Physical Review Letters • Mar 27, 2000

Authors:

G. Wilk

Z. Włodarczyk

Abstract

The nonextensivity parameter q occurring in some of the applications of Tsallis statistics (known also as index of the corresponding Levy distribution) is shown to be given, in the q>1 case, entirely by the fluctuations of the parameters of the usual exponential distribution.

Subject

Interpretation (philosophy)

Statistical physics

Physics

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