Artículo de revista
A Self-referential Equation, f(f) = f, Obtained by Using the Theory of (M,R) Systems: Overview and Applications
Autor
Letelier Parga, Juan
Kuboyama, Tetsuji
Yasuda, Hiroshi
Cárdenas, María-Luz
Cornish-Bowden, Athel
Institución
Resumen
The notion of metabolic closure is presented and analyzed in terms of Robert Rosen’s theory
of (M,R) systems. Recent results concerning (M,R) systems are reviewed, specially those defining
self-referential equations like f(f) = f. We related (M,R) systems to Autopoiesis, another theory
centered on metabolic closure, and we speculate how an algebraic view of metabolism could be utilized
in the analysis of metabolic pathways. As a helping metaphor we consider necessary to build, in the
context of (M,R) systems, analogous to Tellegen’s theorem, but based purely on closure arguments,
to metabolic networks