Biological mathematics
Biological mathematics [r]: The subdiscipline of biology that explores and exploits the use of biological systems to perform mathematical/computational operations and achieve solutions to mathematical/computational problems — in particular, DNA computing. [e]
In the most literal interpretation of the term, biological mathematics refers to mathematics of a biological nature — i.e., mathematics embedded in or originating from biological systems — hence its application to the emerging subdiscipline of mathematics that explores and exploits the use of biological systems to perform mathematical/computational operations and achieve solutions to mathematical/computational problems — e.g., computing with DNA molecules[1] — and that studies mathematics as it occurs in biological and living systems. [2] [3] [4]
References
- ↑ Kari L, Landweber LF. (2000) Computing with DNA. Methods Mol.Biol. 132:413-430.
- ↑ Bray D. (2009) Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300141733. | Google Books preview.
- ↑ Landweber LF, Kari L. (1999) 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00027-1 The evolution of cellular computing: nature’s solution to a computational problem. Biosystems 52:3-13.
- ↑ Simeonov PL. (2010) Integral biomathics: A post-Newtonian view into the logos of bios. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology Proof published online.