
arXiv: 1504.07591
Boolean network models have gained popularity in computational systems biology over the last dozen years. Many of these networks use canalizing Boolean functions, which has led to increased interest in the study of these functions. The canalizing depth of a function describes how many canalizing variables can be recursively picked off, until a non-canalizing function remains. In this paper, we show how every Boolean function has a unique algebraic form involving extended monomial layers and a well-defined core polynomial. This generalizes recent work on the algebraic structure of nested canalizing functions, and it yields a stratification of all Boolean functions by their canalizing depth. As a result, we obtain closed formulas for the number of n-variable Boolean functions with depth k, which simultaneously generalizes enumeration formulas for canalizing, and nested canalizing functions.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM), Enumeration, Extended monomial layer, Nested canalizing function, canalizing function, FOS: Physical sciences, nested canalizing function, enumeration, canalizing depth, Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph), Switching theory, application of Boolean algebra; Boolean functions, Boolean function, extended monomial layer, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Canalizing depth, Physics - Biological Physics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Canalizing function, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM), Enumeration, Extended monomial layer, Nested canalizing function, canalizing function, FOS: Physical sciences, nested canalizing function, enumeration, canalizing depth, Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph), Switching theory, application of Boolean algebra; Boolean functions, Boolean function, extended monomial layer, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Canalizing depth, Physics - Biological Physics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Canalizing function, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics
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