Cultural Neuroeconomics of Intertemporal Choice



C Appendix

Researchers with a professional background that is different from (statistical)
physics cannot easily spot the correspondence between the two basic equa-
tions that were crucial in the formulation of Tsallis’ entropy: The standard
Boltzmann-Gibbs-Shannon (BGS) entropy formula and the generalized nonex-
tensive entropy formula. It is therefore our intention here to mathematically
clarify this relationship. More specifically, it will be shown that the Tsallis’

1    1~V Pi

entropy Sq = —qi i (q R) reduces to BGS entropy SBGS = — ɪɪiPi lnPi
as the nonextensive entropic index q approaches unity. The proof is based on
(Bernoulli-)L’HOpital’s rule.

The rule named after the French mathematician Guillaume de l’Hopital em-
ploys derivatives to calculate limits with
indeterminate forms. In this sense,
using this rule, one can convert an
indeterminate form (e.g. 0 or ) into a
determinate form with an easy computation of the limit.

Let


Sq =


1 ∑i Pq
q - 1


When q 1, the numerator of Sq tends to 1 i Pi = 0 ( i Pi = 1). Since
the denominator also tends to 0, S
q has the indeterminate behavior 0 as q 1.
Therefore, L'H^pital's Rule can be applied to the limit lim
q1 Sq:

lim Sq = lim
q1 q q1


(1⅛qτ
(q
1)'


(1)


where ' indicates the derivative with respect to q, i.e. ' = dqq. Since we can
differentiate term by term, we obtain

бι>q '=(i)'∑ (pq )'=

—    Piq ln Pi

i


and

(q 1)' =(q)' (1)' = 1.

We use above the following differentiation rules: (1)' = 0, (q)' = 1, and the rule
for differentiating the exponential function a
q (the base a is a constant and the
variable q is in the exponent), which reads (a
q)' = aqlna (in our case a = pi).
Therefore, from (1) we get

lim Sq = lim  ipi lnpi = ∑pi lnpi.

q1      q1      1



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