Sequence
An ordered list of items where position carries meaning.
At a glance
Key signals
0% cross fields · reaches 14 more
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Molecular Biology
- Explanation
- Examples
- Misconception
- Sourced relations 3
- Attribution
Dependencies
What this concept builds on and what it makes possible — derived from the atlas’s dependency, causal and structural relations, not from every related edge.
System context
Sequenceis aPatternEstablished
A sequence can express a pattern by its order.
Mechanism: A sequence is a pattern in order: items follow one another by a rule, so the next can be predicted from those before.
Algorithmis aSequenceEstablished
An algorithm is an ordered sequence of steps.
Mechanism: An algorithm is a sequence of steps: an ordered procedure that, followed in turn, transforms an input into the desired output.
DNAis aSequenceEstablished
DNA carries meaning as a sequence.
Mechanism: DNA is a sequence: its meaning lies in the ordered string of four bases, read like letters spelling out genetic instructions.
- Biology 2e (OpenStax) (2018) verified
Fibonacci sequenceis aSequenceEstablished
Fibonacci sequence is a kind of Sequence.
Mechanism: The Fibonacci sequence starts 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8… with each term the sum of the two before it.
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
Structural role & consequence
Interpreted from the current atlas graph — what the connections mean, not just how many there are.
Currently dark in the atlas: no key date stored · 5 of 5 of its relations lack claim-level evidence.
atlas representation · Describes the current Thinking OS representation, not the state of the world.
Structural neighbourhood: 5 → 45 → 145 concepts reachable within 3 hops.
structural · Structural reach — being reachable is not the same as being understood.
All 5 of its relationships stay within its own discipline — a field-specific concept in the current atlas.
structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.
cross-field
5 within-field, 0 cross-field
Strengths & constraints
Constraints
- Evidence coverage currently thin in the atlas — few of its relationships carry claim-level evidence. atlas representation
- No dated history stored — the atlas records no key date for this concept. atlas representation
Conditions
- Read structurally — most of its relationships carry no external evidence yet, so claims here are graph-derived. structural
Seen through each discipline
How this concept sits in each of its fields — derived from its real connections in the graph, not asserted.
Related ideas to explore
Concepts that look related but are not yet connected here — candidates for a connection to reason about, not established links.
This idea also appears in…
The same structure shows up in other disciplines. These are real recurrences drawn from the graph — a starting point for asking “what carries over, and what changes?”
Information31 disciplines · 29 concepts
Concepts
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Mental models at work here
- Connects 5 other ideas across 7 disciplines.
- A cross-disciplinary bridge — its connections reach into 14 other fields.
- Most of its connections are of the “Kind & structure” kind.
- It exercises 1 reusable thinking pattern.
Derived from the graph’s real structure — observations, not a score.
Sources
- Sequence AlignmentConcepts and History (2009) verified
- 1. Sequence Alignment: Concepts and History (2019) verified