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Beside the concept of material inputs and outputs of components of the representation of biological systems given to us by Rosen, the concept of energy is incorporated. The interaction of material and energy is represented by a cartesian product; and separate material and energetical mappings are considered as the new representation of components. These developments generate aMα category, and it is shown thatMα is isomorphic to theM category of previous developments.
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This paper was made possible by a Fellowship from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas of the República Argentina.
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Leguizamón, C.A. Concept of energy in biological systems. Bltn Mathcal Biology 37, 565–572 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459525
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