The emergence of form by replication.
It is shown with a simple mathematical model that if a system exhibits a given form (a spatial structure) and is put in contact with another system of the same type but in a state of spatial disorder, then under certain conditions their mutual interaction as they evolve in time allows replication of form in the disordered system with a controllable degree of faithfulness.
Velarde
M G
MG
Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Nekorkin
V I
VI
Kazantsev
V B
VB
Ross
J
J
D005075:Biological Evolution; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D000069497:Origin of Life; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated