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Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics

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272 7 Thermodynamical and Nonthermodynamical ApplicationsCumulative distributionCumulative distribution1000010004000100 300020001000101000100USA (2000)linear scale00 100 200PI/PI 0Knee(a)110 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6PI/PI 010Germany (1998)AnkleKnee(c)110 0 10 1 10 2 10 3GDP/GDP 0Cumulative distributionCumulative distribution100001000100101000100500040003000Brazil (1996)linear scale2000100000 100GDP / GDP 0200Knee(b)110 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6GDP/GDP 010UK (1998)Knee(d)110 0 10 1 10 2 10 3GDP/GDP 0Fig. 7.69 Cumulative distribution of the scaled total personal income of the USA counties(a), and the scaled gross domestic product of the Brazilian (b), German (c), and United Kingdom(d) counties. See [596] for further details.q3.83.63.43.23.0USABrazilUK2.8Germany2.61970 1980 1990 2000YearFig. 7.70 Time evolution of the index q for USA (squares), Brazil (circles), United Kingdom (uptriangles), and Germany (down triangles). This means that the economic inequalities are largerin USA, then in Brazil, then United Kingdom, and finally Germany. We also see that inequalitiesare increasing in USA and Brazil, whereas they remain at the same level in United Kingdom andGermany. See [596] for further details.

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