Is the voronoi entropy a true entropy? Comments on "entropy, Shannon's measure of information and Boltzmann's H-theorem", Entropy 2017, 19, 48

Edward Bormashenko, Mark Frenkel, Irina Legchenkova

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debate

Abstract

The goal of this comment note is to express our considerations about the recent paper by A. Ben Naim (Entropy 2017, 19, 48). We strongly support the distinguishing between the Shannon measure of information and the thermodynamic entropy, suggested in the paper. We demonstrate that the Voronoi entropy should also be clearly distinguished from the entropy of a two-dimensional gas. Actually, the Voronoi entropy being an intensive value is the averaged Shannon measure of ordering for a given pattern.

Original languageEnglish
Article number251
JournalEntropy
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2019

Keywords

  • Intensive value
  • Pattern
  • Shannon measure of information
  • Thermodynamic entropy
  • Voronoi entropy

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Is the voronoi entropy a true entropy? Comments on "entropy, Shannon's measure of information and Boltzmann's H-theorem", Entropy 2017, 19, 48'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this