From shannon's entropy to thermodynamics

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enricfemi

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Apr 13, 2009

i am trying to figure out the relationship between shannon's entropy and boltzmann's s=kInw.

can anyone help me?

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atyy

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Apr 13, 2009

Shannon=sum(-plnp)

Set p=constant (all possibilities are equal) and you get the microcanonical ensemble where all microstates consistent with the total energy are equally possible.

enricfemi

Apr 19, 2009

Thank you!

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