(i) A compartmental system is a special case of the first order reaction; it is a reaction in which the length of all the complexes is not more than one. A compartmental system is closed if it does not contain the zero complex. Show that a compartmental system is conservative iff it is closed.
(ii) A generalised compartmental system (cf. T6th, 1978; Othmer, 1981) is a reaction in which all the complexes contain a single component, and all the components are contained in a single complex. It is closed if it does not contain the zero complex. Show that a generalised compartment system is conservative iff it is closed.