Packing efficiency in sunflower heads

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(82)90056-6MaRDI QIDQ1165784zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. N. Ridley

Publication date 1982

Published in Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(82)90056-6

zbMATH Keywords

divergence angleFibonacci numbersseeds on sunflower head

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40) Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) General biology and biomathematics (92B05)

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