On the relationship between the Fisher-Frieden-Soffer arrow of time, and the behaviour of the Boltzmann and Kullback entropies

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Plastino, A ^a   Plastino, A R ^a,b   Miller, H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION;

ARROW OF TIME; BOLTZMANN; BOLTZMANN-GIBBS-SHANNON ENTROPIES; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FISHER'S INFORMATION; RELATIVE INFORMATION; TIME DERIVATIVE; UPPER BOUND;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 0039573789     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00634-8     Document Type: Article

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