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An analysis of the interactions among asymptotically stable dynamical systems is formulated by making use of the dynamical system theory. Some results coming from previous mathematical analyses have been slightly modified to take into account some typical biological constraints as the boundedness properties of the solutions. In particular it has been shown that when the “coupling” among the subsystems is “loose” enough (in a sense that has to be made mathematically precise) the asymptotic behaviour of a complex system is the same of that of its individual components. The mathematical theory has been used to analyze two systems of biological significance: the coupling among chemical reactions and the stability properties of a 4-dimensional system describing the kinetics of a chemical transmitter.
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Andrietti, F. Interactions among biological systems: An analysis of asymptotic stability. Bltn Mathcal Biology 40, 839–851 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460610
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