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5 claims from 4 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Origins and Evolution of Life

   Autocatalytic sets of proteins

   Kauffman · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1986

   Kauffman argues that self-sustaining (autocatalytic) sets of peptides may arise almost inevitably once a mix of polypeptides is complex enough, treating it as a percolation problem on random reaction graphs.

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   1. Supported · 71%As the maximum peptide length grows, reactions outnumber polypeptides ever faster, so self-sustaining catalytic subsets arise for any fixed catalysis probability.“Because, as M increases, the ratio of reactions among the possible polypeptides to polypeptides rises rapidly, the existence of such autocatalytic subsets is assured for any fixed probability of catalysis.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Origins and Evolution of Life

   A model for the emergence of cooperation, interdependence, and structure in evolving networks

   Jain and Krishna · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001

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   1. Contested · 33%“A small autocatalytic set, appearing by chance, provides the seed for the spontaneous growth of connectivity and cooperation in the graph. A highly structured chemical organization arises inevitably as the autocatalytic set enlarges and percolates through th…

3. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   On the Freezing of Variables in Random Constraint Satisfaction Problems

   Semerjian · Journal of Statistical Physics · 2007

   The paper studies the critical behaviour near the freezing transition in random constraint satisfaction problems, using random trees, links to percolation and reconstruction, and the cavity method.

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   1. UncheckedAt the freezing transition, which usually differs from the clustering one, some variables take the same value in every solution within a given cluster.“At the freezing transition, which is in general distinct from the clustering one, some variables (spins) take the same value in all solutions of a given cluster.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Finite-size scaling in random K -satisfiability problems

   Lee, Ha, Jeon and Jeong · Physical Review E · 2010

   The paper studies phase transitions in random K-satisfiability problems solved by stochastic local search, focusing on the finite-size scaling exponent, and tests two conjectured values in simulations for K from 2 to 3.

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   1. UncheckedIn random K-satisfiability problems, the density of unsatisfied clauses marks the shift from a solvable to an unsolvable phase as noise and constraint density vary.“Using the FSS theory of nonequilibrium absorbing phase transitions, we show that the density of unsatisfied clauses clearly indicates the transition from the solvable (absorbing) phase to the unsolvable (active) phase as varying the noise parameter and the density of constraints.”
   2. Unchecked“Based on the solution clustering (percolation-type) argument, we conjecture two possible values of the FSS exponent, which are confirmed reasonably well in numerical simulations for 2 ≤ K ≤ 3.”