2004/10/18 by A. J. M. Medved, Medved, A. J. M. · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0410086
4 pages, Revtex; (v2) some mistaken terminology is corrected
arxiv created 2004/10/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
It is commonplace, in the literature, to find that the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy has been endowed with having an explicit statistical interpretation. In the following essay, we discuss why such a viewpoint warrants a certain degree of caution.