On the interpretation of nonextensive parameter q in Tsallis and Levy distributions

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25 August 1999

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Abstract

The nonextensive parameter q occuring in applications of Tsallis statistics (known also as index of the corresponding L\'evy distribution) is shown to be given entirely by the fluctuations of the parameters of the usual exponential distribution.

Keywords

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION
NONEXTENSIVE PARAMETER
LEVY DISTRIBUTIONS
TSALLIS STATISTICS
USUAL EXPONENTIAL
EVY DISTRIBUTION

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Version 1, 1999-08-25, ArXiv
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Published version: Physical Review Letters, 84 (13), 2770.

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