Packing efficiency in sunflower heads

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(82)90056-6zbMath0487.92001OpenAlexW2070608869MaRDI QIDQ1165784

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

Fibonacci numbersdivergence angleseeds on sunflower head

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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