Dimension reduction projection and our perception of evolution |
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Authors: | R B Campbell |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa, 50614 Cedar Falls, IA, USA |
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Abstract: | The evolution of a species can be viewed as a trajectory in multidimensional space. What we perceive is only a low dimensional projection from the total dimensionality necessary to fully describe a species. Motivated by the phenomenon of punctuated equilibria, it is shown that there are projections of gradualistic evolution which will have a punctuated character. However, whether our eyes and minds would choose such a projection of the total phenotype is not resolved. |
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Keywords: | Evolution punctuated equilibria projection pursuit Brownian motion pattern recognition |
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