When is a quantity additive, and when is it extensive?

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dc.creatorTouchette, Hugo
dc.date2002-01-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:44:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:44:04Z
dc.descriptionThe difference between the terms additivity and extensivity, as well as their respective negations, is critically analyzed and illustrated with a few examples. The concepts of subadditivity, pseudo-additivity, and pseudo-extensivity are also defined.
dc.descriptionContribution to the Proceedings of the International School and Conference on Non-Extensive Thermodynamics and Physical Applications, Villasimius, Sardegna, Italy, May 2001. To be published in Physica A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0201134
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0201134
dc.identifierPhysica A 305, 84-88, 2002.
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00644-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/18761
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleWhen is a quantity additive, and when is it extensive?
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