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Information Theory Approach in Chemical Dynamics

A Tutorial Introduction

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The thesis that ‘chemical reactions proceed in the most statistical way, subject to constraints’ is discussed with examples drawn mainly from direct reactions. Attention is centered on the technical aspects and their motivation, with special reference to the notions of ‘entropy’, ‘the prior distribution’ and that of the constraints. Surprisal analysis is emphasized and the Lagrangian form, which is particularly useful when several constraints are imposed, is discussed. More advanced topics such as surprisal synthesis are reviewed.

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  1. The Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    R. D. Levine

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  1. Chemistry Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Ersin Yurtsever

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Levine, R.D. (1995). Information Theory Approach in Chemical Dynamics. In: Yurtsever, E. (eds) Frontiers of Chemical Dynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 470. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0345-9_9

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