Imposing a minimum principle in the framework of the so-called crystal basis model of the genetic code, we determine the structure of the minimum set of anticodons which allows the translational-transcription for animal mitochondrial code. The results are in very good agreement with the observed anticodons.

We present a novel variational view at Lagrangian mechanics based on the minimization of weighted inertia-energy functionals on trajectories. In particular, we introduce a family of parameter-dependent global-in-time minimization problems whose respective minimizers converge to solutions of the system of Lagrange’s equations. The interest in this approach is that of reformulating Lagrangian dyn...

where A, B are arbitrary real constants, and a is an arbitrary complex number. It is readily confirmed by direct computation that the constants A, B, and a give rise to an arbitrary, uniform hydrostatic stress-field in the image domain R*. The constant k, on the other hand, affects merely the scale of the image stress-distribution. We may therefore put A = B = a = Q, k = 1. This completes the p...

P. S. Bauer t has recently questioned the vMidity of the Physiological Principle of Minimum Work as formulated and applied by me 2 to certain problems concerning the efficiency of operation of the oxygen transport system in man. In contrast to his opinions or the implications which he makes in respect to my work, I reply that this principle should not, and does not rest upon any principle of ph...

mRNA editing of sequences of many species is analyzed. The nature of the inserted nucleotides and the position of the insertion sites, once fixed the edited peptide chain, are explained by introducing a minimum principle in the framework of the crystal basis model of the genetic code introduced by the authors.