Hypercubes occur wherever independent attributes are found: e.g. genetics, ÒcomplexityÓ
Left: A 6-dimensional hypercube representing a genetic sequence space. From Manfred Eigen, Steps toward life, Oxford U. Press, 1992, p. 94.
Above: Hypercube representation of fitness landscape of mutants. From Stuart A. Kauffman, The origins of order, Oxford U. Press, 1993, p. 42.