Autocatalytic Sets — Origin of Life
Kauffman RAF theory · reflexively autocatalytic food-generated sets · phase transition
Parameters
Molecule types N:
12
Catalysis prob p:
0.20
Food set size F:
3
Degradation rate:
0.02
RAF found
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RAF size
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Alive mols
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New Network
Reset Concentrations
Kauffman (1971):
A RAF (Reflexively Autocatalytic Food-generated) set exists when molecules catalyze their own formation from a food set.
Phase transition at p·N ~ 1 (Bollobás-style). Above threshold: RAF emerges spontaneously — life's origin.