Table 1 Concepts related to self-sustainability
From: On the definition of a self-sustaining chemical reaction system and its role in heredity
(i) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }},\boldsymbol {f}} = \boldsymbol {f}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }},\boldsymbol {f}} \neq \boldsymbol {f}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }},\boldsymbol {f}} = \boldsymbol {f}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }},\boldsymbol {f}} \neq \boldsymbol {f}\) | |
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(ii) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }_{0}},\boldsymbol {f}} = \boldsymbol {f}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }_{0}},\boldsymbol {f}} = \boldsymbol {f}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }_{0}},\boldsymbol {f}} \neq \boldsymbol {f}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}{\boldsymbol {f'}}_{{\boldsymbol {\xi }_{0}},\boldsymbol {f}} \neq \boldsymbol {f}\) | |
\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\boldsymbol {f'}_{\boldsymbol {\xi },\boldsymbol {f}} = \boldsymbol {f'}_{\boldsymbol {\xi }_{0},\boldsymbol {f}}\) | \(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\boldsymbol {f'}_{\boldsymbol {\xi },\boldsymbol {f}} \neq \boldsymbol {f'}_{\boldsymbol {\xi }_{0},\boldsymbol {f}}\) | ||||
trivial | self-sustaining | impossible | sequential | sequential + self-sustaining | |