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rZ: A friend of mine wrote a paper with the following Summary:
"An investigation is made of which mass action chemical kinetics systems give rise to monotone or order-preserving flows independent of rate constants. A list of allowable reactions is given, as well as an algorithm for determining when a given chemical mechanism induces an order-preserving flow. Strict monotonicity and partial monotonicity results are also presented."

Another fun read on glycolysis and stoichiometric mechanisms:
Autocatalytic and other general networks for chemical mechanisms, pathways, and cycles: their systematic and topological generation. (English summary)
Applied graph theory and discrete mathematics in chemistry (Saskatoon, SK, 1991).
J. Math. Chem. 12 (1993), no. 1-4, 319--363. :whistle:

The real answer is biology, not chemistry or math. Actual studies are more important that stoichiometric calculations because the parameters (e.g. "rate constants") are not really known - look, for example, at catalysis (and how little we know about rate constants).

[SpanglerFan316]

PS All my posts are in fun. Plus I'm a bit bored. Feel free to argue; who cares if you're right or wrong? :D
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[SpanglerFan316]

I am proud to be on shockernet, the most intelligent sportstalk board in the universe. :yahoo:

I was impressed with rZ's reply and I agree with tgcshock. Let's see SalukiTalk top ShockerNet (because it will never happen!!) ;-) :D

[rZ]

rZ: A friend of mine wrote a paper with the following Summary:
"An investigation is made of which mass action chemical kinetics systems give rise to monotone or order-preserving flows independent of rate constants. A list of allowable reactions is given, as well as an algorithm for determining when a given chemical mechanism induces an order-preserving flow. Strict monotonicity and partial monotonicity results are also presented."

Another fun read on glycolysis and stoichiometric mechanisms:
Autocatalytic and other general networks for chemical mechanisms, pathways, and cycles: their systematic and topological generation. (English summary)
Applied graph theory and discrete mathematics in chemistry (Saskatoon, SK, 1991).
J. Math. Chem. 12 (1993), no. 1-4, 319--363. :whistle:

The real answer is biology, not chemistry or math. Actual studies are more important that stoichiometric calculations because the parameters (e.g. "rate constants") are not really known - look, for example, at catalysis (and how little we know about rate constants).

A professor once told me that biology is the physical manifestation of chemical reactions on a macro scale. I understand your point though. Experimental data must be used to determine rate constant, but without knowing how the stoichiometric mumbo jumbo (actual scientific term :D ) works out, you cant get an answer. Anyway, chemistry makes me upset, both physically and emotionally. For me, its not fun anymore when it gets down to the molecular stuff.