Editorial: Entropic aspects of nonlinear partial differential equations: Classical and quantum mechanical perspectives

Abstract

There has been increasing research activity in recent years concerning the properties and the applications of nonlinear partial differential equations that are closely related to nonstandard entropic functionals, such as the Tsallis and Renyi entropies. It is well known that some fundamental partial differential equations of applied mathematics and of mathematical physics—such as the linear diffusion equation—are closely linked to the standard, logarithmic Boltzmann–Gibbs–Shannon–Jaynes entropic measure.