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Stray theory

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In the last several years anthropology has developed a mathematical theory1 which now has foundations almost as broad as the field of anthropology itself.2 This breadth includes works ranging from population genetics and demographic modeling to theories of social organization or even of mythological structures.3 In the present article we present elaborations of aspects of the theory as so far developed4 and discuss the significance of this new work for the possible solution of additional problems of interest. In particular we refer both to the possibility of breaking barriers between fields of anthropology5 and also to the generality of the mathematics as such.

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Ballonoff, P.A. Stray theory. Synthese 33, 405–418 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485454

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Keywords

  • Social Organization
  • Present Article
  • Mathematical Theory1
  • Population Genetic
  • Additional Problem