On geodesics of phyllotaxis

Roland Bacher[1]

  • [1] Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut Fourier (CNRS UMR 5582), 38000 Grenoble, France

Confluentes Mathematici (2014)

  • Volume: 6, Issue: 1, page 3-27
  • ISSN: 1793-7434

Abstract

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Seeds of sunflowers are often modelled by n ⟼ ϕ θ ( n ) = n e 2 i π n θ leading to a roughly uniform repartition with seeds indexed by consecutive integers at angular distance 2 π θ for θ the golden ratio. We associate to such a map ϕ θ a geodesic path γ θ : ℝ > 0 ⟶ PSL 2 ( ℤ ) ∖ ℍ of the modular curve and use it for local descriptions of the image ϕ θ ( ℕ ) of the phyllotactic map ϕ θ .

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Bacher, Roland. "On geodesics of phyllotaxis." Confluentes Mathematici 6.1 (2014): 3-27. <http://eudml.org/doc/275496>.

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abstract = {Seeds of sunflowers are often modelled by $n\longmapsto \varphi _\theta (n)=\sqrt\{n\}e^\{2i\pi n\theta \}$ leading to a roughly uniform repartition with seeds indexed by consecutive integers at angular distance $2\pi \theta $ for $\theta $ the golden ratio. We associate to such a map $\varphi _\theta $ a geodesic path $\gamma _\theta : \mathbb\{R\}_\{&gt;0\}\longrightarrow \mathrm\{PSL\}_2(\mathbb\{Z\})\backslash \mathbb\{H\}$ of the modular curve and use it for local descriptions of the image $\varphi _\theta (\mathbb\{N\})$ of the phyllotactic map $\varphi _\theta $.},
affiliation = {Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut Fourier (CNRS UMR 5582), 38000 Grenoble, France},
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keywords = {Lattice; hyperbolic geometry; phyllotaxis; sunflower-map; lattice},
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