Entropy as the geometric mean of partitioning: A pedagogical derivation from effective state counting

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Using an effective state-counting approach, we show that entropy emerges as the logarithm of an effective number of states obtained from the weighted geometric mean of the inverse probabilities 1/pi.

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Entropy as the geometric mean of partitioning: A pedagogical derivation from effective state counting
저자
Kim, Kyongwan; Kwon, Gyeong-Pil; Lee, Jinho
DOI
10.1119/5.0330859
발행일
2026-10
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Editorial Material
저널명
American Journal of Physics
권
94
호
10
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940 ~ 942