title: On a mathematical relationship between growth rate and life span.
abstract: Using the Principles of Similitude a relation between the life span of an organism and its growth rate, ageing rate and initial weight is derived. It is shown that considerations based only on dimensional homogeneity allow us to make non-trivial assertions about the form of the equation of state. Closely related to these considerations is the specification of dimensionless numbers which we defined in the Concept of Vitality.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008433:Mathematics