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The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds ... patterns at smaller and smaller scales from trunk to branch tip. Jingyi Gao and Mitchell Newberry examine scaling ...

The math concept hidden in this ... at the University of Wisconsin. Like the branches, twigs and leaves of a tree, fractals repeat the same patterns across different scales. Snowflakes, lightning ...