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name: thinker-sumantra-sarkar
description: Apply the Sumantra Sarkar: Conditions for Self-Replication in Driven Systems article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Sumantra Sarkar: Conditions for Self-Replication in Driven Systems

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/thinker-sumantra-sarkar). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/thinker-sumantra-sarkar.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/thinker-sumantra-sarkar/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What Sarkar Saw Sumantra Sarkar collaborated with Jeremy England on models of self-replication emerging from physical interactions in driven chemical systems. Their core result identifies quantitative criteria in reaction networks that favo

## Representations

- Human: /a/thinker-sumantra-sarkar
- JSON: /api/articles/thinker-sumantra-sarkar
- Relationships: /api/articles/thinker-sumantra-sarkar/topology
- History: /api/articles/thinker-sumantra-sarkar/revisions
