Plants and fibonacci

Alan C. Newell; Patrick D. Shipman

doi:10.1007/s10955-005-8665-7

Plants and fibonacci

Alan C. Newell, Patrick D. Shipman

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Abstract

The universality of many features of plant patterns and phyllotaxis has mystified and intrigued natural scientists for at least four hundred years. It is remarkable that, to date, there is no widely accepted theory to explain the observations. We hope that the ideas explained below lead towards increased understanding.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	937-968
Number of pages	32
Journal	Journal of Statistical Physics
Volume	121
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-8665-7
State	Published - Dec 2005

Keywords

Pattern formation
Phyllotaxis

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Mathematical Physics

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