Comment concerning Leonardo's rule

2016/08/23 by Oscar Sotolongo-Costa, Sotolongo-Costa, O., Gaggero-Sager, L. M. +4
Mathematics · #Mathematics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1608.06598

Abstract

In this comment we propose a novel explanation for the Leonardo's rule concerning the tree branching. According to Leonardo's notebooks he observed that if one observes the branches of a tree, the squared radius of the principal branch is equal to the sum of the squared radius of the branch daughters.

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