Formula unlocks secrets of cauliflower's geometry
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 21:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The laws that govern how intricate surface patterns, such as those found in the cauliflower, develop over time have been described, for the first time. Researchers have now provided a mathematical formula to describe the processes that dictate how cauliflower-like patterns – a type of fractal pattern – form and develop.