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Energy and biological evolution—II. The mathematical structure of equilibrium states

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We examine certain mathematical structures presented in Part I. The most important of these are the energy structures determined by the couple (ω×E, ψ) the space of causality defined by ψ-1(0) and the notion of collapsibility, i.e., the descent of a species from a higher to a lower equilibrium configuration as a result of energy loss.

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  1. The Faculty of Mathematical Studies, The University, SO9 5NH, Southampton, U.K.

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This work was supported by an Associateship of The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, P.O. Box 586, Miramare, 34100 Trieste, Italy.

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Tanyi, G.E. Energy and biological evolution—II. The mathematical structure of equilibrium states. Bltn Mathcal Biology 44, 537–547 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459407

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