The Algorithmic
Beauty of Plants
author: Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw ; Lindenmayer, Aristid
publisher: Springer Verlag 1990
language: English
pages: 207 pp.
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isbn: 0-387-97297-8
category: 2 - Ecology / Nature / Science
An attempt to re-create the structures of life lies on the border between science and fiction. Known results range from the design of self-reproducing genetic messages and the simulation of multicellular organism development, to the replication of social behavior of animals. This book explains mathematical models of developmental processes and structures of plants and illustrates them with advanced computer-generated images. The authors adapt the formalism of L-systems as the primary mathematical vehicle to express developmental processes. The notion of L-systems was conceived in 1968 by co-author Aristid Lindenmayer as a formal model of plant development.
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