Biologically Unavoidable Sequences
Combinatorics
2013-02-07 v2 Populations and Evolution
Abstract
A biologically unavoidable sequence is an infinite gender sequence which occurs in every gendered, infinite genealogical network satisfying certain tame conditions. We show that every eventually periodic sequence is biologically unavoidable (this generalizes Koenig's Lemma), and we exhibit some biologically avoidable sequences. Finally we give an application of unavoidable sequences to cellular automata.
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@article{arxiv.1212.0186,
title = {Biologically Unavoidable Sequences},
author = {Samuel Alexander},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.0186},
year = {2013}
}
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9 pages, 3 figures