
Vojkan Jaksic. Introduction to Entropy
The course revolves around the definition of entropies and relative entropies in (classical) information theory, from Boltzmann-Gibbs-Shannon to Rényi. These concepts will be discussed both axiomatically, and as they stem from probability theory. The final part of the course is devoted to more advanced topics and recent developments in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.
A detailed description of the course can be found here. This course is part of the formative offer of the PhD program M3E of the Mathematics Department of Politecnico di Milano.