Re: Deming on the Whole Greater Than...

[Kromkowski@aol.com]

I would direct your attention to p 132 + 133 of TNE.  
See also pp 70-71 and pp 85-90.
 
Based upon D's writing in above citations, I have made the 
assertion on the DEN (If you search the DEN you will find 
it, no doubt)that the Whole is not equal to the sum of 
parts but equal to the sum of the parts plus the infinite 
sum of the parts PLUS the infinite interactions of the 
parts(known and unknown).

Where W = the whole
and where A, B, C, etc. equal parts
and where (...) equals an interaction

W = A + B + C + D ... 
+ (AB) + (AC) + (AD) + ...
+ (BC) + (BD) + ...
+ (CD) + ....
+ (ABC) + (ABD) + (BCD) + ...
+ (ABCD) + ...
+ ...

Because, an interaction may be negative, zero, or positive, the W may be greater than, equal to or less that 
its parts.

JDK

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