A model for which the derivatives of H alternate in sign
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 9 (10) , L153-L154
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/9/10/007
Abstract
A recent proof by Simons (see ibid., vol.9, p.413 (1976)) that the H function is convex for a system of mono-energetic particles scattering off fixed centres when the scattering matrix is isotropic is extended to show that the derivatives of H alternate in sign.Keywords
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