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Verlinde conjectured that gravitation is an emergent entropic force. This surprising conjecture was proved in [Physica A {\bf 505} (2018) 190] within a purely classical context. Here, we appeal to a quantum environment to deal with the conjecture in the case of bosons and consider also the classical limit of quantum mechanics (QM).

A surprising, gravity related Verlinde-conjecture, that generated immense interest, asserts that gravity is an emergent entropic force. We provided a classical proof of the assertion in [doi.org/j.physa.2018.03.019]. Here, we classically prove a related, second Verlinde-conjecture. This states that, at very large distances ($r_0$), gravity departs from its classical nature and begins to decay linearly with $r_0$., Comment: 12 pages. No figures

We generalize several well known quantum equations to a Tsallis' q-scenario, and provide a quantum version of some classical fields associated to them in recent literature. We refer to the q-Schr\"odinger, q-Klein-Gordon, q-Dirac, and q-Proca equations advanced in, respectively, [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 106}, 140601 (2011), EPL {\bf 118}, 61004 (2017) and references therein]. Also, we introduce here equations corresponding to q-Yang-Mills fields, both in the Abelian and not-Abelian instances. We show how to define the q-Quantum Field Theories corresponding to the above equations, introduce the pertinent actions, and obtain motion equations via the minimum action principle. These q-fields are meaningful at very high energies (TeVs) for $q=1.15$, high ones (GeVs) for $q=1.001$, and low energies (MeVs)for $q=1.000001$ [Nucl. Phys. A {\bf 955} (2016) 16 and references therein]. (See the Alice experiment of LHC). Surprisingly enough, these q-fields are simultaneously q-exponential functions of the usual linear fields' logarithms.

Following Verlinde's conjecture, we show that Tsallis' classical free particle distribution at temperature $T$ can generate Newton's gravitational force's $r^{-2}$ {\it distance's dependence}. If we want to repeat the concomitant argument by appealing to either Boltzmann-Gibbs' or Renyi's distributions, the attempt fails and one needs to modify the conjecture. Keywords: Tsallis', Boltzmann-Gibbs', and Renyi's distributions, classical partition function, entropic force., Comment: 10 pages. No figures

It is believed that the canonical gravitational partition function $Z$ associated to the classical Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) distribution $\frac {e^{-\beta H}} {{\cal Z}}$ cannot be constructed because the integral needed for building up $Z$ includes an exponential and thus diverges at the origin. We show here that, by recourse to 1) the analytical extension treatment obtained for the first time ever, by Gradshteyn and Rizhik, via an appropriate formula for such case and 2) the dimensional regularization approach of Bollini and Giambiagi's (DR), one can indeed obtain finite gravitational results employing the BG distribution. The BG treatment is considerably more involved than its Tsallis counterpart. The latter needs only dimensional regularization, the former requires, in addition, analytical extension., Comment: 13 pages. 1 figure

Typical Tsallis' statistical mechanics' quantifiers like the partition function and the mean energy exhibit poles. We are speaking of the partition function ${\cal Z}$ and the mean energy $<{\cal U}>$. The poles appear for distinctive values of Tsallis' characteristic real parameter $q$, at a numerable set of rational numbers of the $q-$line. These poles are dealt with dimensional regularization resources. The physical effects of these poles on the specific heats are studied here for the two-body classical gravitation potential., Comment: 20 Pages, 2 Figures

This paper brings together four distinct but very important physical notions: 1) Entropic force, 2) Entropy-along-a-curve, 3) Tsallis' q-statistics, and 4) Emergent gravitation. We investigate the non additive, classical (Tsallis') q-statistical mechanics of a phase-space curve in $n$ dimensions (3 dimensions, in particular). We focus attention on an entropic force mechanism that yields a simple realization of it, being able to mimic interesting effects such as confinement, hard core, and asymptotic freedom, typical of high energy physics, Comment: 19 pqges. 2 figures. Title has changed. Text has changed significantly

This Reply is intended as a refutation of the preceding Comment [Oikonomou and Bagci, Phys. Rev. E 96, 056101 (2017)] on our paper [Plastino et al., Phys. Rev. E 94, 012145 (2016).]. We show that the Tsallis probability distribution of our paper does not coincide with the Tsallis distribution studied by Oikonomou and Bagci. Consequently, their findings do not apply to our paper., Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E: November 4, 2017

We show that typical Renyi's statistical mechanics' quantifiers exhibit poles. We are referring to the partition function ${\cal Z}$ and the mean energy $<{\cal U}>$. Renyi's entropy is characterized by a real parameter $\alpha$. The poles emerge in a numerable set of rational numbers belonging to the $\alpha-$line. Physical effects of these poles are studied by appeal to dimensional regularization, as usual. Interesting effects are found, as for instance, gravitational ones., Comment: 22 pages, 3 figures. Text has changed. References added

We consider a tachyon field whose Fourier components correspond to spatial momenta with modulus smaller than the mass parameter. The plane wave solutions have them a time evolution which is a real exponential. The field is quantized and the solution of the eigenvalue problem for the Hamiltonian leads to the evaluation of the vacuum expectation value of products of field operators. The propagator turns out to be half-advanced and half-retarded. This completes the proof [4] that the total propagator is the Wheeler Green function [4,7]., Comment: 9 pages. No figures

Following the canonical quantization procedure for a tachyon field, the usual Hamiltonian and the creation and annihilation operators are obtained. The observation that the mass hyperboloid $p^2-m^2=0$ is one-sheeted, as opposed to the case of bradyons where $p^2+m^2=0$ is two-sheeted, leads to the construction of a base which is unbounded for negative as well as for positive energies. There is a zero-energy eigenfunction from which all other states can be constructed by repeated application of decreasing or increasing operators, within this Fock space the vacuum expectation value of the chronological product of field operators is shown to coincide with Cauchy's principal-value Green's function., Comment: 10 pages. No figures. Title corrected

The Dimensional Regularization of Bollini and Giambiags (Phys. Lett. {\bf B 40}, 566 (1972), Il Nuovo Cim. {\bf B 12}, 20 (1972). Phys. Rev. {\bf D 53}, 5761 (1996)) can not be defined for all Schwartz Tempered Distributions Explicitly Lorentz Invariant (STDELI) ${\cal S}^{'}_L$. In this paper we overcome here such limitation and show that it can be generalized to all aforementioned STDELI and obtain a product in a ring with zero divisors. For this purpose, we resort to a formula obtained in [Int. J. of Theor. Phys. {\bf 43}, 1019 (2004)] and demonstrate the existence of the convolution (in Minkowskian space) of such distributions. This is done by following a procedure similar to that used so as to define a general convolution between the Ultradistributions of J. Sebastiao e Silva [Math. Ann. {\bf 136}, 38 (1958)], also known as Ultrahyperfunctions, obtained by Bollini et al. [Int. J. of Theor. Phys. {\bf 38}, 2315 (1999), {\bf 43}, 1019 (2004), {\bf 43}, 59 (2004),{\bf 46}, 3030 (2007)]. Using the Inverse Fourier Transform we get the ring with zero divisors ${\cal S}^{'}_{LA}$, defined as ${\cal S}^{'}_{LA}={\cal F}^{-1}\{{\cal S}^{'}_L\}$, where ${\cal F}^{-1}$ denotes the Inverse Fourier Transform. In this manner we effect a dimensional regularization in momentum space (the ring ${\cal S}^{'}_{L}$) via convolution, and a product of distributions in the corresponding configuration space (the ring ${\cal S}^{'}_{LA})$. This generalizes the results obtained by Bollini and Giambiagi for Euclidean space in [Phys. Rev. {\bf D 53}, 5761 (1996)]. We provide several examples of the application of our new results in Quantum Field Theory. In particular, the convolution of $n$ massless Feynman propagators and the convolution of n massless Wheeler propagators in Minkowskian space., Comment: 26 pages. No figures.Text has changed. Contents index added. Open access

Tsallis' pioneer q-probability distribution $P_i=\frac {[1+\beta(1-q)U_i]^{\frac {1} {q-1}}} {Z}$, $Z=\sum\limits_{i=1}^n [1+\beta(1-q)U_i]^{\frac {1} {q-1}}$ [J. of Stat. Phys., {\bf 52} (1988) 479] has been recently attacked in arXiv:1705.01752, in a Reply to our arXiv:1704.07493 publication. We show here that such an attack is groundless., Comment: 4 pages. No figures

It has been argued in [EPL {\bf 90} (2010) 50004], entitled {\it Essential discreteness in generalized thermostatistics with non-logarithmic entropy}, that "continuous Hamiltonian systems with long-range interactions and the so-called q-Gaussian momentum distributions are seen to be outside the scope of non-extensive statistical mechanics". The arguments are clever and appealing. We show here that, however, some mathematical subtleties render them unconvincing, Comment: 9 pages. No figures

It has been recently argued, via very clever arguments, that the MaxEnt variational problem would not adequately work for Renyi's and Tsallis' entropies. We constructively show here that this is not so if one formulates the associated variational problem in a more orthodox functional fashion., Comment: 10 pages. No figures

We describe the phenomenology of the classical q-path entropy of a phase-space curve. This allows one to disclose an entropic force-like mechanism that is able to mimic some phenomenological aspects of the strong force, such as confinement, hard core, and asymptotic freedom., Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures Title has changed. Text has changed

When one integrates the q-exponential function of Tsallis' so as to get the partition function $Z$, a gamma function inevitably emerges. Consequently, poles arise. We investigate here here the thermodynamic significance of these poles in the case of $n$ classical harmonic oscillators (HO). Given that this is an exceedingly well known system, any new feature that may arise can safely be attributed to the poles' effect. We appeal to the mathematical tools used in [EPJB 89, 150 (2016) and arXiv:1702.03535 (2017)], and obtain both bound and unbound states. In the first case, we are then faced with a classical Einstein crystal. We also detect what might be interpreted as pseudo gravitational effects., Comment: Title has changed. Text has changed

It ts known that Tsallis' q-non-additivity entails hidden correlations. It has also been shown that even for a monoatomic gas, both the q-partition function $Z$ and the mean energy $$ diverge and, in particular, exhibit poles for certain values of the Tsallis non additivity parameter $q$. This happens because $Z$ and $$ both depend on a $\Gamma$-function. This $\Gamma$, in turn, depends upon the spatial dimension $\nu$. We encounter three different regimes according to the argument $A$ of the $\Gamma$-function. (1) $A>0$, (2) $A<0$ and $\Gamma>0$ outside the poles. (3) $A$ displays poles and the physics is obtained via dimensional regularization. In cases (2) and (3) one discovers gravitational effects and quartets of particles. Moreover, bound states and gravitational effects emerge as a consequence of the hidden q-correlations., Comment: Text has changed. Accepted for publication in Physica A, August 2, 2017