The great promise of biological science is not its ‘mathematization’ per se, but the creative interaction between experimental
biology and what one, in analogy to physics, may simply call theoretical biology. The key to, and also the great challenge
in, fulfilling this promise is to find the correct fundamental notions to mathematically describe biological reality.
We are initiating a new series of short communications in Biological Cybernetics, called BC Forum; here is the first contribution. A submission can be commentary-like but should ideally also develop an interesting new idea
for the general neuroscience community. The Editor and Coeditors-in-Chief realize that ‘new’ is open to interpretation by
our readers, so even occasional polemics will be welcomed here, provided the arguments are clear. Also welcomed in the BC
Forum are novel theoretical demonstrations to support classical results or innovative mathematical proofs of known results.
In short, BC Forum will be a platform for short provocative commentaries and new, concise theoretical/mathematical demonstrations. In general,
their length should not exceed two BC pages. We hope you will enjoy them!