Does the equation in Aphex Twin's "Equation" -song have any real resemblance?

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Does the equation in Aphex Twin's "Equation" -song have any real resemblance?

The song's title is:

$$\Delta M_i^{i-1} = - \alpha \sum_{n=1}^N D_i[n]\bigg[ \sum_{j \in C[i]} F_{ji} [n-1] + F ext_i [n^{-1}] \bigg]$$

Intuitively, given the context, one'd expect it to be some sort of DSP formula. But it 1) doesn't give definitions for the contents of $D, F, C$. It also has some weird $ext$-function (unless it's meant to read $Fext$, perhaps "$F$ external").

It does have some resemblance to some sort of signal processing system, because it's a combination of terms and some of the terms rely on "past" observations (the $n-1$ index).