Topological biology: A note on Rashevsky's transformation T. |
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Authors: | Ernesto Trucco |
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Institution: | (1) Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA |
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Abstract: | In the bio-topological transformation between graphs denoted by (T
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X) N. Rashevsky (Bull. Math. Biophysics,18, 173–88, 1956) considers the number of fundamental sets which (a) have only one specialized point as source (and no other
sources), (b) have no points in common (are “disjoined”); he proves that this number is an invariant of the transformation.
In this note we show that Rashevsky's Theorem can be extended as follows:The number of fundamental sets of the first category is an invariant of the transformation. We must, however, count the subsidiary points of the transformed graph as specialized points. We recall that fundamental
sets of the first category are those whose sources consist of specialized points only (Trucco,Bull. Math. Biophysics,18, 65–85, 1956). But in this modified version of the Theorem the fundamental sets may have more than one source and need not
be disjoined. |
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