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Autocatalytic set

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Autocatalytic sets turn 50

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What is AUTOCATALYTIC SET? What does AUTOCATALYTIC SET mean? AUTOCATALYTIC SET meaning & explanation

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Autocatalytic sets with a "toxic" element

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Autocatalytic Sets Arising

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Autocatalytic sets with a diffusive inducer

An autocatalytic set is a collection of entities, each of which can be created catalytically by other entities within the set, such that as a whole, the set is able to catalyze its own production. In this way the set as a whole is said to be autocatalytic. Autocatalytic sets were originally and most concretely defined in terms of molecular entities, but have more recently been metaphorically extended to the study of systems in sociology and economics.