Complex network of interacting trajectories illustrating complexity emerging from multiple relations within a physical system
Relations multiply.
Trajectories intersect.
Structure extends through interaction.


CHAPTER TEN


Multiple connections overlap and propagate across structure


Complexity

Multiple elements exist.

Elements occupy different positions.

Each element connects to more than one element.

Connections overlap across positions.

Nothing remains under isolated connection.

Elements occupy positions.

Each element connects to multiple elements.

If connection is singular, no extended structure forms.

Connections act simultaneously.

Each element is linked through more than one path.

If links do not overlap, structure does not hold.

Connections intersect at shared positions.

Different paths cross through the same elements.

If intersections do not occur, links remain limited.

Paths extend through intermediate elements.

Elements connect across chains of connection.

If chains do not extend, structure does not remain.

Change occurs at one position.

That change affects several connected positions.

If change does not spread, structure does not hold.

Propagation moves across connected paths.

Effects travel through linked elements.

If propagation does not occur, connections do not extend.

Connections increase across positions.

Small structures exist within larger structures.

Connections operate across multiple scales simultaneously.

If scales do not connect, structure does not hold.

Isolation does not persist.

Elements remain linked through overlapping connections.

If isolation remains, complexity does not exist.

If connections do not spread, links do not extend.

If links do not extend, elements do not remain connected.

If elements do not remain connected, no structure holds.

Without connection, nothing remains.

Connections overlap and spread.

Without this, nothing holds.