Self-sustaining autocatalytic networks within open-ended reaction systems

DOI10.1007/S10910-015-0512-8zbMATH Open1331.92182arXiv1501.05731OpenAlexW1487284753MaRDI QIDQ498481FDOQ498481

Mike Steel

Publication date: 28 September 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given any finite and closed chemical reaction system, it is possible to efficiently determine whether or not it contains a `self-sustaining and collectively autocatalytic' subset of reactions, and to find such subsets when they exist. However, for systems that are potentially open-ended (for example, when no prescribed upper bound is placed on the complexity or size/length of molecules types), the theory developed for the finite case breaks down. We investigate a number of subtleties that arise in such systems that are absent in the finite setting, and present several new results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05731

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\omega\)-continuityautocatalytic networkchemical reaction system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical flows, reactions, etc. in chemistry (92E20)

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