Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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975860 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2006 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The exact forms of the degenerate Maxwell–Boltzmann (MB), Bose–Einstein (BE) and Fermi–Dirac (FD) entropy functions, derived by Boltzmann's principle without the Stirling approximation [R.K. Niven, Physics Letters A, 342(4) (2005) 286], are further examined. Firstly, an apparent paradox in quantization effects is resolved using the Laplace–Jaynes interpretation of probability. The energy cost of learning that a system, distributed over s equiprobable states, is in one such state (an “s-fold decision”) is then calculated for each statistic. The analysis confirms that the cost depends on one's knowledge of the number of entities N and (for BE and FD statistics) the degeneracy, extending the findings of Niven (2005).
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Authors
Robert K. Niven,