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Alexander's term for his treatment of wholeness: a structural idea that is mathematical in principle but not yet formalized enough to calculate with
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- Wholeness as Nested System of Centersassociated_withAlexander's quasi-mathematical definition of wholeness as a recursively nested system of living centers displaying local symmetries, approximating the overall gestalt of a configuration
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- The opening chapter of The Process of Creating Life, arguing that a principle of unfolding wholeness governs the emergence of living structure in nature
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