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A set-theoretical approach to biology

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In a preceding paper (Bull. Math. Biophysics 20, 71–93, 1958) the principle of biotopological mapping was formulated in terms of a continuous mapping of an abstract space, made from the set of biological properties which characterize the organism, by an appropriate definition of neighborhoods. In this paper it is shown that we may consider directly the mappings of the different sets of properties which characterize different organisms without taking recourse to abstract spaces. All the verificable conclusions made in the preceding paper remain valid. A serious difficulty mentioned previously is, however, avoided and the possibility of more general predictions is established.

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  1. Committee on Mathematical Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    N. Rashevsky

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Rashevsky, N. A set-theoretical approach to biology. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 21, 101–106 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476461

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