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Hierarchical structure in interaction topology enables complex multiscale patterns that cannot exist in flat networks.

Explains why biological systems achieve organization across scales while language models struggle; grounds in free energy scaling

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Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems

(2025) · Francesco Sacco · Dalton A R Sakthivadivel · Michael Levin

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In hierarchical systems with independent cliques, there exist parameter regimes where individual cliques maintain uniform magnetisation while others flip.
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Shows how hierarchical topology enables local order within global flexibility; explains biological multiscale organization

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Causal emergence in biological systems
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Examines how macro-scale causal power exceeds micro-scale in living and learning systems.
Hierarchical structure and multiscale coherence in physical systems
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How graph topology and hierarchical interaction patterns enable or prevent phase transitions and ordered states, from statistical mechanics to biological organization.
Hierarchical network ordering & thermodynamics
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Statistical mechanics of clique-structured graphs linking domain walls, free energy, and biological multiscale coherence.
Hierarchical network topology and emergent dynamics
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How nested, clique-based structures enable multiscale pattern formation and selective state transitions unavailable in flat networks.

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Claim that multiscale organisation produces complex patterns via clique-based local coherence
Hierarchical clique-structured networks can maintain multiscale coherence; biology evolved hierarchy and stigmergy as coherence solutions.claim0.817
Topology is the critical factor differentiating the self-organising capabilities of biological systems and language models.claim0.806
Central interpretive claim of the paper: the ability to maintain long-range order is determined by interaction topology, not substrate.
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Key hypothesis: topological/architectural properties determine capacity for long-range self-organization.
Topology is the critical factor differentiating systems capable of long-range order from those that are not.claim0.790
Key interpretive position: topological properties of interaction graphs determine whether systems can self-organize, independent of substrate
Free-energy scaling under domain-wall formation in Potts, autoregressive, and hierarchical networks shows that combinatorics of interactions on a graph prevent or allow spontaneous ordering.finding0.782
Core result demonstrating topological constraints on self-organization
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