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1. Physics and Astronomy › Origins and Evolution of Life

   The Expected Number of Viable Autocatalytic Sets in Chemical Reaction Systems

   Kauffman and Steel · Artificial Life · 2021

   The paper derives exact expressions for how many self-sustaining autocatalytic networks, including uninhibited ones, are expected in chemical reaction systems, and uses them to study catalysis and inhibition.

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   1. Supported · 71%The authors give an exact formula for the expected number of self-sustaining autocatalytic networks, and of uninhibited ones, in a general chemical reaction system.“In this paper, we provide an exact expression for the expected number of self-sustaining autocatalytic networks that will form in a general chemical reaction system, and the expected number of these networks that will also be uninhibited (by some molecule produced by the system). Using these equati…”