Deformed Mathematical Objects Stemming from the q-Logarithm Function

Abstract

Generalized numbers, arithmetic operators, and derivative operators, grouped in four classes based on symmetry features, are introduced. Their building element is the pair of q-logarithm/q-exponential inverse functions. Some of the objects were previously described in the literature, while others are newly defined. Commutativity, associativity, and distributivity, and also a pair of linear/nonlinear derivatives, are observed within each class. Two entropic functionals emerge from the formalism, and one of them is the nonadditive Tsallis entropy.