This Math Explains Why Cauliflowers Look Too Oddly Perfect
ETIENNE FARCOT, THE CONVERSATION
9 JULY 2021
Have you ever stared at a cauliflower before preparing it and got lost in its stunningly beautiful pattern? Probably not, if you are in your right mind, but I reassure you it s worth a try.
What you ll find is that what at first sight looks like an amorphous blob has a striking regularity.
If you take a good look, you will see that the many florets look alike and are composed of miniature versions of themselves. In math, we call this property self-similarity, which is a defining feature of abstract geometrical objects called fractals. But why do cauliflowers have this property?
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