The role of continued fractions in phyllotaxis

DOI10.1006/JABR.1997.7272MaRDI QIDQ1271019zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Irving Adler

Publication date 16 December 1999

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1997.7272

zbMATH Keywords

phyllotaxishistory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Developmental biology, pattern formation (92C15) Plant biology (92C80)

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