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Issue 1 (March 2001) pages 1-26

Jonathan D. H. Smith
Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. E-mail: [email protected], URL: http://www.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/
Some Observations on the Concepts of Information-Theoretic Entropy and Randomness
Entropy 2001, 3[1], 1-11 (Full text in PDF form, 133 K)

Carlos Castro
Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA. 30314, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
An Elementary Derivation of The Black Hole Entropy in Any Dimension
Entropy 2001, 3[1], 12-26 (Full text in PDF form, 158 K)

Bernard Testa^1*, Lemont B. Kier², Chun-Kao Cheng³ and Joachim Mayer^1
1 School of Pharmacy, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
³ Department of Mathematical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA.
^* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]
A Cellular Automata Study of Constraints (Dissolvence) in a Percolating Many-Particle System
Entropy 2001, 3[2], 27-57 (Full text in PDF form, 174 K)

Marian Grendár, jr¹*  and Marian Grendár^2
1 Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cestá 9, 842 19 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tel: +(421 7) 54773269 2407, Fax: +(421 7) 54775943, E-mail: [email protected]
² E-mail: [email protected]
^* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Maximum Entropy: Clearing up Mysteries
Entropy 2001, 3[2], 58-63 (Full text in PDF form, 98 K)

Jonathan D. H. Smith
Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (515) 294-8172; Fax: +1 (515) 294-5454, E-mail: [email protected], website: www.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/homepage.html
Conference Report: "Information Theory and its Applications to Biology, Finance and Physics"
at the Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center (Warsaw, Poland), May 21-26, 2001
Entropy 2001, 3[2], 64-65 (Full text in PDF form, 13 K; Full text in HTML form)

M. G. Ivanov^1,2 and I. V. Volovich^3
1 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Institutsky Per.9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Reg., Russia
² Department of Physics; University of California; 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA , USA. E-mail: [email protected]
³ Steklov Mathematical Institute; Gubkin St.8, 117966, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: [email protected]
Entropy Bounds, Holographic Principle and Uncertainty Relation
Entropy 2001, 3[2], 66-75 (Full text in PDF form, 162 K; Postscript, 139 K; Tex, 25 K)

Pharis E. Williams
Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC), Socorro, NM 87801, USA.
Tel: (505) 835-5774 5301; E-mail: [email protected]
Mechanical Entropy and Its Implications
Entropy 2001, 3[3], 76-115 (Full text in PDF form, 499 K; DVI, 155 K; Postscript, 1672 K; figure 1 in ps, 915 K; figure 2 in ps, 296 K; Tex, 98 K)

Ibrahim Dincer¹ and Yunus A. Cengel^2
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Box 127, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Tel: 966-3-860-4497, Fax: 966-3-860-2949, E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.geocities.com/ibrahimdincer
Energy, Entropy and Exergy Concepts and Their Roles in Thermal Engineering
Entropy 2001, 3[3], 116-149 (Full text in PDF form, 268 K)

T. Choulli¹ and T. R. Hurd^2
1 Mathematical Sciences Dept.; University of Alberta; Edmonton, Canada; T6G 2E9
E-mail: [email protected]
² Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics; McMaster University; Hamilton, Canada; L8S 4K1
E-mail: [email protected]
The Role of Hellinger Processes in Mathematical Finance
Entropy 2001, 3[3], 150-161 (Full text in PDF form, 254 K; Tex, 33 K)

F. Topsøe
Department of Mathematics; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
E-mail: [email protected]
Basic Concepts, Identities and Inequalities - the Toolkit of Information Theory
Entropy 2001, 3[3], 162-190 (Full text in PDF form, 346 K; Tex, 72 K)

P. Harremoeës¹ and F. Topsøe^2,*
¹ Rønne Alle, Søborg, Denmark
E-mail: [email protected]
² Department of Mathematics; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
E-mail: [email protected]
Maximum Entropy Fundamentals
Entropy 2001, 3[3], 191-226 (Full text in PDF form, 294 K; Postscript, 731 K; Tex, 100 K)

Joshua B. Plotkin* and Martin A. Nowak
Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Major Transitions in Language Evolution
Entropy 2001, 3[4], 227-246 (Full text in PDF form, 156 K; Postscript, 332 K; Tex, 56 K)

Petros A. M. Gelepithis
School of Computing and Information Systems,Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EE, England. E-mail: [email protected]
Complex Intelligent Systems: Juxtaposition of Foundational Notions and a Research Agenda
Entropy 2001, 3[4], 247-258 (Full text in PDF form, 76 K)

Richard L. Coren
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, (Emeritus) Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104. USA. Tel: 215-646-1024; FAX: 215-646-5523; E-mail: [email protected]
Empirical Evidence for a Law of Information Growth
Entropy 2001, 3[4], 259-272 (Full text in PDF form, 113 K)

Jarle Breivik
Interactive Life Science Laboratory and Section for Immunotherapy, University of Oslo at the Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0310 Oslo, Norway.
[email protected], http://folk.uio.no/jbreivik/
Self-Organization of Template-Replicating Polymers and the Spontaneous Rise of Genetic Information
Entropy 2001, 3[4], 273-279 (Full text in PDF form, 343 K)

Takuya Yamano
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str.77, D-50937 Köln, Germany; and
Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oh-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo,152-8551, Japan.
E-mail: [email protected]
A Possible Extension of Shannon's Information Theory
Entropy 2001, 3[4], 280-292 (Full text in PDF form, 116 K; DVI, 45 K; Postscript, 316 K; Tex, 34 K)

Book Received: Shape and Structure, from Engineering to Nature.
By Adrian Bejan. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (http://www.cambridge.org/), December 2000. Pages: 344, Hardback. Pr ice: GBP 24.95. ISBN 0521793882
Entropy 2001, 3[5], 293-294 (Full text in PDF form, 23 K; Full text in HTML form)

Book Received: Statistics in Genetics and in the Environmental Sciences. (Trends in Mathematics).
By Fernholz, L.T. (Philadelphia,USA) /Morgenthaler, S.(Lausanne, Switzerland) Stahel, W.( Zürich, Switzerland) (Editors). Birkhäuser Verlag AG, Switzerland (http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/math/6575.htm). 2001. Pages: 200. Hardcover. Price: DM 130. / öS 949./ sFr. 98. ISBN 3-7643-6575-7
Entropy 2001, 3[5], 295 (Full text in PDF form, 6 K; Full text in HTML form)

Book Received: Labyrinth: A Search for The Hidden Meaning of Science.
By Peter Pesic. MIT Press (http://www-mitpress.mit.edu): Cambridge. 2000. Cloth. 186 Pages. Price: £14.50. ISBN 0-262-16190-7
Entropy 2001, 3[5], 296-297 (Full text in PDF form, 28 K; Full text in HTML form)

Shu-Kun Lin
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Saengergasse 25, CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 79 322 3379, Fax: +41 61 302 8918, E-mail: [email protected], URL: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
Book Review: In Our Own Image: Personal Symmetry in Discovery.
By Istvan Hargittai ([email protected], Budapest Technical University, Hungary) and Magdolna Hargittai (Hungary). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York. February 2000, Hardbound. 242 pp. EUR 52.50 / USD 49.95 / GBP 34. ISBN 0-306-46091-2
Entropy 2001, 3[5], 298-299 (Full text in PDF form, 8 K; Full text in HTML form)

Wolfgang Stummer
Department of Mathematical Stochastics, University of Karlsruhe, Englerstrasse 2, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. E-mail: [email protected], URL: http://mspcdip.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/personen/stummer/stummer.html
Some Divergence Properties of Asset Price Models
Entropy 2001, 3[5], 300-324 (Full text in PDF form, 292 K; DVI, 100 K; Postscript, 291 K)