Spiral phyllotaxis

DOI10.1016/0898-1221(89)90249-6zbMath0707.52007MaRDI QIDQ919622

Elsie Sterbin Gottlieb

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Computers \& Mathematics with Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0898-1221(89)90249-6

zbMATH Keywords

computer graphics; Fibonacci numbers; sunflower; golden ratio; dandelion; disc phyllotaxis; golden angle; golden direction; helical phyllotaxis; infinite square lattices; spherical phyllotaxis; spiral phyllotaxis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

52C07: Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry)

68U05: Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects)

11B37: Recurrences

52C15: Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry)

52C17: Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry)

92B05: General biology and biomathematics

52C05: Lattices and convex bodies in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry)

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