On the sum of chemical reactions

arXiv2105.04353MaRDI QIDQ6367269FDOQ6367269

Authors: Linard Hoessly, Carsten Wiuf, Panqiu Xia 

Publication date: 10 May 2021

Abstract: It is standard in chemistry to represent a sequence of reactions by a single overall reaction, often called a complex reaction in contrast to an elementary reaction. Photosynthesis $6ext{CO}_2+6ext{H}_{2}extOoext{C}_{6}ext{H}_{12}ext{O}_6$ $+6ext{O}_2$ is an example of such complex reaction. We introduce a mathematical operation that corresponds to summing two chemical reactions. Specifically, we define an associative and non-communicative operation on the product space $mathbb{N}_0^{n}imesmathbb{N}_0^n$ (representing the reactant and the product of a chemical reaction, respectively). The operation models the overall effect of two reactions happening in succession, one after the other. We study the algebraic properties of the operation and apply the results to stochastic reaction networks, in particular to reachability of states, and to reduction of reaction networks.

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