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The notion of relations between sets, defined in a previous publication (Bull. Math. Biophysics,23, 233–235, 1961) is generalized and some biological examples are given. A generalization ton-ary relation is suggested.
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Rashevsky, N. On relations between sets: II. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 28, 117–124 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476395
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