Abstract

Functional technologies (e.g.: software, modular coding, internet constructs, and Web-Based Architectures to name a few) inherently modular in construction are so obvious an implementation that no one considers this revolutionary practice. Manufacturing industrial products are developed, both structurally and functionally, in a highly modular fashion to simplify design, accelerate construction, and minimize repair and maintenance with the objective of yielding cost savings in product evolution and sustainment. Questions relative to the benefits, construction and optimization of modularity are not simply answered. The scientific nature of modularity has not been explored to answer such questions as:•Are the stated benefits exclusive properties of modular designs?•Do these properties follow any recognizable patterns?•Are these properties universally predicable?•Are these inherent natural properties?•Do mathematical methods support modular construction and optimization?This hypothesis claims that “modularity is a natural propensity and we uncover that natural frame work as we discover and invent.” This paper will investigate the potential natural origins of modularity and propose a potential mathematical description that is architectural in nature, predictable in construction and rich in functionality.

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