Contribution to the theory of organismic sets,III |
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Authors: | N Rashevsky |
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Institution: | (1) Mathematical Biology, Inc, R.F.D. 5, 49423 Holland, Michigan |
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Abstract: | In line with previous studies on organismic sets, the division of all organismic sets intogeneral autotrophic and heterotrophic is introduced. The first produce their food themselves from some external source of energy, which in general
may be an energy of any kind. The others use other organismic sets as the source of their food and energy. On earth we know
only one kind of generalgeneral autotrophic organismic sets, namely, the autotrophic plants which use solar radiation as their source of energy and for production of
their own food. It is shown why autotrophic animals do not exist on earth except as microorganisms like, e.g.,Euglena. A rigorous proof of the previously derived theorem that in an organismic set of ordern>1 no element can be completely specialized is given. It requires the introduction of new postulates. Finally, in considering
the organic world as a whole, the notion of organismic sets ofmixed order is introduced. |
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