Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48
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 entrop...
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doaj-cc04ee29b28247d3be98489049c10d482020-11-25T02:16:30ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002019-03-0121325110.3390/e21030251e21030251Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48Edward Bormashenko0Mark Frenkel1Irina Legchenkova2Engineering Faculty, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials Department, Ariel University, P.O.B. 3, 407000 Ariel, IsraelEngineering Faculty, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials Department, Ariel University, P.O.B. 3, 407000 Ariel, IsraelEngineering Faculty, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials Department, Ariel University, P.O.B. 3, 407000 Ariel, IsraelThe 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.http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/3/251Voronoi entropypatternthermodynamic entropyShannon measure of informationintensive value |
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Edward Bormashenko Mark Frenkel Irina Legchenkova Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48 Entropy Voronoi entropy pattern thermodynamic entropy Shannon measure of information intensive value |
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Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48 |
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Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48 |
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Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48 |
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Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48 |
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Is the Voronoi Entropy a True Entropy? Comments on “Entropy, Shannon’s Measure of Information and Boltzmann’s H-Theorem”, Entropy 2017, 19, 48 |
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is the voronoi entropy a true entropy? comments on “entropy, shannon’s measure of information and boltzmann’s h-theorem”, entropy 2017, 19, 48 |
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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. |
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