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MiS Preprint
98/2004
Plants and Fibonacci
Alan Newell and Patrick Shipman
Abstract
We compare the results of a biomechanical model for the formation of polygonal planforms and phyllotactic patterns on plants with those of a paradigm of Douady and Couder. Bias is shown to play an important role in choosing between continuous and discontinuous transitions between patterns.
