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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: jdhsmith@math.iastate.edu, URL: http://www.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/
Some Observations on the Concepts of Information-Theoretic Entropy and Randomness
Entropy 2001, 3, 1-11 (Full text in PDF form, 128 K)

Carlos Castro
Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA. 30314, USA. E-mail: castro@ctsps.cau.edu
An Elementary Derivation of The Black Hole Entropy in Any Dimension
Entropy 2001, 3, 12-26 (Full text in PDF form, 155 K)

Bernard Testa ¹*, Lemont B. Kier ², Chun-Kao Cheng ³ and Joachim Mayer¹
1) School of Pharmacy, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 692 4521, Fax: +41 21 692 4525, E-mail: bernard.testa@ict.unil.ch
2) Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA E-mail: kier@gems.vcu.edu
3) Department of Mathematical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
A  Cellular Automata Study of  Constraints (Dissolvence) in a Percolating Many-Particle System
Entropy 2001, 3, 27-57 (Full text in PDF form, 171 K)

Marian Grendar, jr ¹*  and Marian Grendar ²
1 Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9,842 19 Bratislava, Slovakia. Tel: +(421 7) 54773269 2407, Fax: +(421 7) 54775943, E-mail: umergren@savba.sk
2 E-mail: marian.grendar@bb.telecom.sk
Maximum Entropy: Clearing up Mysteries
Entropy 2001, 3, 58-63 (Full text in PDF form, 97 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: jdhsmith@math.iastate.edu, 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, 64-65 (Html form. Full text in PDF form, 97 K)

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: mgi@mi.ras.ru
3. Steklov Mathematical Institute; Gubkin St.8, 117966, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: volovich@mi.ras.ru
Entropy Bounds, Holographic Principle and Uncertainty Relation
Entropy 2001, 3, 66-75 (Full text in PDF form, 159 K; Tex, 20 K; PS, 137 K)

Pharis E. Williams
Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC), Socorro, NM  87801, USA.
Tel: (505) 835-5774 5301; E-mail: pharis@emrtc.nmt.edu
Mechanical Entropy and Its Implications
Entropy 2001, 3, 76-115 (Full text in PDF form, 488 K; Tex, 97 K; PS, 1634 K, figure 1 in ps, 290 K, figure 2 in ps, 895 K, DVI, 152 K)

Ibrahim Dincer ¹ 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: idincer@kfupm.edu.sa
http://www.geocities.com/ibrahimdincer
Energy, Entropy and Exergy Concepts and Their Roles in Thermal Engineering
Entropy 2001, 3, 116-149 (Full text in PDF form, 263 K; MS Word, 341 K)

T. Choulli ¹ and T. R. Hurd ²
1 Mathematical Sciences Dept.; University of Alberta; Edmonton, Canada; T6G 2E9
email: tchoulli@sirius1.math.ualberta.ca
2 Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics; McMaster University; Hamilton, Canada; L8S 4K1
email: hurdt@mcmaster.ca
The Role of Hellinger Processes in Mathematical Finance
Entropy 2001, 3, 150-161 (Full text in PDF form, 235 K; Tex, 33 K)

F. Topsøe
Department of Mathematics; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
email: topsoe@math.ku.dk
Basic Concepts, Identities and Inequalities - the Toolkit of Information Theory
Entropy 2001, 3, 162-190 (Full text in PDF form, 235 K; Tex, 72 K)

P. Harremoeës ¹ and F. Topsøe ^2,*
1 Rønne Alle, Søborg, Denmark
email: moes@post7.tele.dk
2 Department of Mathematics; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
email: topsoe@math.ku.dk
Maximum Entropy Fundamentals
Entropy 2001, 3, 191-226 (Full text in PDF form, 288 K; PS, 715 K, Tex, 99 K)

Joshua B. Plotkin* and Martin A. Nowak
Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. Email: jplotkin@fas.harvard.edu, nowak@ias.edu
Major Transitions in Language Evolution
Entropy 2001, 3, 227-246 (Full text in PDF form, 154 K; PS, 325 K, Tex, 56 K)

Petros A. M. Gelepithis
School of Computing and Information Systems,Kingston University,Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EE, England. Email:Petros@kingston.ac.uk
Complex Intelligent Systems: Juxtaposition of Foundational Notions and a Research Agenda
Entropy 2001, 3, 247-258 (Full text in PDF form, 78 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: corenr@coe.drexel.edu
Empirical Evidence for a Law of Information Growth
Entropy 2001, 3, 259-272 (Full text in PDF form, 114 K)

Jarle Breivik
Interactive Life Science Laboratory and Section for Immunotherapy, University of Oslo at the
Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0310 Oslo, Norway. jbreivik@medisin.uio.no, http://folk.uio.no/jbreivik/
Self-Organization of Template-Replicating Polymers and the Spontaneous Rise of Genetic Information
Entropy 2001, 3, 273-279 (Full text in PDF form, 336K)

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: tyamano@mikan.ap.titech.ac.jp
A Possible Extension of Shannon's Information Theory
Entropy 2001, 3, 280-292 (Full text in PDF form, 114K; ps, 309 K; ; tex, 34 K; dvi, 45 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, 293-294  (HTML format; Full text in PDF form, 9 K)

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, 295  (HTML format; Full text in PDF form, 9 K)

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, 296-297  (HTML format; Full text in PDF form, 9 K)

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: lin@mdpi.org, URL: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
Book Review: In Our Own Image: Personal Symmetry in Discovery. By Istvan Hargittai (hargittai@tki.aak.bme.hu, 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, 298-299  (HTML format; Full text in PDF form, 9 K)

Wolfgang Stummer
Department of Mathematical Stochastics, University of Karlsruhe, Englerstrasse 2, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. E-mail: stummer@math.uni-karlsruhe.de, URL: http://mspcdip.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/personen/stummer/stummer.html
Some Divergence Properties of Asset Price Models
Entropy 2001, 3, 300-324 (Full text in PDF form, 286 K; ps, 286 K; dvi, 98 K)