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Paths of Cultural Systems.

Paul Ballonoff1.   

Abstract

A theory of cultural structures predicts the objects observed by anthropologists. We here define those which use kinship relationships to define systems. A finite structure we call a partially defined quasigroup (or pdq, as stated by Definition 1 below) on a dictionary (called a natural language) allows prediction of certain anthropological descriptions, using homomorphisms of pdqs onto finite groups. A viable history (defined using pdqs) states how an individual in a population following such history may perform culturally allowed associations, which allows a viable history to continue to survive. The vector states on sets of viable histories identify demographic observables on descent sequences. Paths of vector states on sets of viable histories may determine which histories can exist empirically.

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Keywords:  groups; partially defined algebras; quantum logic; quasigroups; viable cultures

Year:  2017        PMID: 33265099      PMCID: PMC7512278          DOI: 10.3390/e20010008

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Entropy (Basel)        ISSN: 1099-4300            Impact factor:   2.524


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