NONEXTENSIVE STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS -- INTRODUCTION, 
FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

Prof. Constantino Tsallis
Head of the Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Department
Brazilian Center For Physics Research, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Visiting: Jan 23-26, 2005.
Seminar Jan 24, 2005.

ABSTRACT:
The cornerstones of Boltzmann-Gibbs and nonextensive statistical mechanics 
respectively are the  usual entropy  and a specific generalized form. 
Through them we revisit the concept of additivity and other basic 
thermostatistical notions. These current questions will be addressed as an 
introduction to nonextensive statistical mechanics. Its dynamical 
foundations and some of its various recent applications (in physics, 
geophysics, chemistry, economics, biology, information theory, linguistics, 
time series, image processing, cognitive psychology, among others) will be 
briefly reviewed as well.
Bibliography: M. Gell-Mann and C. Tsallis, eds., "Nonextensive Entropy - 
Interdisciplinary Applications" (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004), 
and http://tsallis.cat.cbpf.br/biblio.htm