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in a world where both feedback and nonlineari- ties abound. Similarly,
all kinds of pans of mathematics serve as tools for other pans and for
other sci- ences. Applying a simple rewriting rule to the quote on the
right above one finds such statements as: 'One ser- vice topology has
rendered mathematical physics ... '; 'One service logic has rendered
computer science ... '; 'One service category theory has rendered
mathematics .. .'. All arguably true. And all statements obtainable this
way fonn pan of the raison d' 8tre of this series.