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Boltzmann-Gibbs Entropy Versus Tsallis Entropy: Recent Contributions to Resolving the Argument of Einstein Concerning “Neither Herr Boltzmann nor Herr Planck has Given a Definition of W”?

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  1. Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations, P.O. Box 500, A-1400, Vienna, Austria

    H.J. Haubold

  2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, H3A 2K6

    A.M. Mathai

  3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, 342001, India

    R.K. Saxena

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Haubold, H., Mathai, A. & Saxena, R. Boltzmann-Gibbs Entropy Versus Tsallis Entropy: Recent Contributions to Resolving the Argument of Einstein Concerning “Neither Herr Boltzmann nor Herr Planck has Given a Definition of W”?. Astrophysics and Space Science 290, 241–245 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ASTR.0000032616.18776.4b

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