Mathematical construction of an autonomous artificial life (Q1180709)

A precise mathematical construction of an autonomous biological model presented earlier by the same authors [ibid. 43, No. 3, 271-298 (1991)] is given by using a classification of the flow diagrams and rigorous definition of the global inverse rules of cellular automata. This model is based on the macroscopic and microscopic perpetual disequilibrations introduced firstly by \textit{K. Matsuno} [Protobiology: Physical basis of biology. CRC Press, New York (1989)]. The boundary conditions are determined a posteriori in succession, which means that the model contains the uncontrollability of both the macroscopic and microscopic boundary conditions. A variety of behaviour in the model is briefly discussed.