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functionalities can be found for life finalities. Membranes and polymers are gener-
ated by suitable mechanisms of biochemical aggregation. However, only the aggre-
gations that are involved in processes of organisms able to survive, reproduce, and
evolve, are maintained by life genealogies. In conclusion, aggregations in space,
based on the mathematical structures of multiset and sequence, are selected along
time for life propagation and evolution. Tables 1.2 and 1.3, and Fig. 1.6 summarize
and visualize basic aspects of biological aggregation.
Ta b l e 1 . 2
Basic mechanisms of matter organization
Aggregation
Stability in space
Selection
Stability in time
Ta b l e 1 . 3
Correspondence between basic mathematical and biochemical aggregations
Multisets
Membranes
Sequences
Polymers
Fig. 1.6
The basic aggregation mechanisms of life: membranes and polymers
