Timeline for Gibbs information and information theory
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| Feb 16, 2021 at 17:16 | comment | added | user252965 | Hi @my2cts, thanks for commenting! | |
| Feb 16, 2021 at 17:15 | history | edited | user252965 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 16, 2021 at 8:57 | comment | added | NDewolf | There still is no $x$ in $Z$. | |
| Feb 16, 2021 at 0:12 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 23:37 | comment | added | my2cts | gibs is actually spelled "Gibbs". Two b's, one s and starting with a capital G. Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Willard_Gibbs | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 23:12 | answer | added | Andrew | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:49 | history | edited | user252965 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:34 | comment | added | user252965 | Hi @Andrew. My question is related to the paper "Geometrical aspects of statistical mechanics" Physical Review E, 1995, volume 51, number 2. A few examples are discussed in this paper. However, the probability distributions that authors consider do not show any dependence on $x$. | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:23 | comment | added | Andrew | Can you give an example? In the context of Bayesian inference, normally $\theta$ would refer to some parameters and $x$ to observed data. In statistical mechanics I would guess the $\theta$ are playing the role of Lagrange multipliers (inverse temperature, chemical potential...) and the $x$ are quantities the system could exchange with its environment (energy, number of particles, ...). But it would help to see an example or have more context. | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:05 | comment | added | user252965 | Hi @Andrew. Ok, I see your point. However, what is the meaning of $x$ in $Z$? | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:03 | comment | added | Andrew | It's not true you can write any distribution in this form, this is only true for exponential family of distributions en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_family | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:03 | comment | added | user252965 | Hi @NDewolf, I have just updated the question. Tell me if you see it | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 20:01 | comment | added | NDewolf | There is no $x$ in your $Z$. | |
| Feb 15, 2021 at 19:42 | history | edited | user252965 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 19:08 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 19:08 | history | asked | user252965 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |