In this picture, the crabapples are growing in groups of two, three, five, and eight. These are all fibonacci numbers. This tree, like many others, seems to grow fruit and foliage in groups of fibonacci numbers. Additionally, the smaller of these numbers can all be added to amount to the larger numbers. That is, a group of two and a group of three can make up and group of five, or a group of three and a group of five makes a group of eight. This relates to the golden ratio.
Three, five and eight are Fibonacci numbers. I find it really interesting that these fruit grow in clusters according to the Fibonacci sequence – it makes me wonder if the stems in the leaves surrounding the fruit also have Fibonacci sequences, or if the branches of the tree do as well. Three, five and eight would make perfect sense in this case – three and five added together make eight, which is a manageable enough number for a cluster of fruit to grow. I wonder if there could be a cluster of thirteen...
In this picture, the crabapples are growing in groups of two, three, five, and eight. These are all fibonacci numbers. This tree, like many others, seems to grow fruit and foliage in groups of fibonacci numbers. Additionally, the smaller of these numbers can all be added to amount to the larger numbers. That is, a group of two and a group of three can make up and group of five, or a group of three and a group of five makes a group of eight. This relates to the golden ratio.
ReplyDeleteThree, five and eight are Fibonacci numbers. I find it really interesting that these fruit grow in clusters according to the Fibonacci sequence – it makes me wonder if the stems in the leaves surrounding the fruit also have Fibonacci sequences, or if the branches of the tree do as well. Three, five and eight would make perfect sense in this case – three and five added together make eight, which is a manageable enough number for a cluster of fruit to grow. I wonder if there could be a cluster of thirteen...
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