home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1 / NN_1993_1.iso / spool / sci / fractals / 541 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  1993-01-04  |  1.6 KB  |  32 lines
  1. Newsgroups: sci.fractals
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usc!news.service.uci.edu!unogate!stgprao
  3. From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
  4. Subject: Re: Fractal flora question 
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan5.003325.8938@unocal.com>
  6. Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
  7. Organization: Unocal Corporation
  8. References: <hassink.725064011@manning> <israel.725098854@unixg.ubc.ca> <C0CoAv.7F3@athena.cs.uga.edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:33:25 GMT
  10. Lines: 20
  11.  
  12. In article <C0CoAv.7F3@athena.cs.uga.edu> mjuric@aisun2.ai.uga.edu (Mark Juric [MSAI]) writes:
  13. >Does anyone know where I might find an equation for creating a fractal that
  14. >resembles a pine tree, or branch and needles of a pine tree?  Other than the
  15. >famous "fern" fractal, are there any available equations for simulating plant
  16. >growth?  And where would I look?
  17. >
  18. >Thanks.
  19. >
  20. >
  21. >===============================================================================
  22. >@  Mark Juric                              A.I. Department                  @
  23. >@  mjuric@ai.uga.edu                       University of Georgia              @
  24. >@                                          Athens, Georgia 30605              @
  25. >@                                                                             @
  26. >@    "It slipped my mind that I could use my brain"                        @
  27. >@                                                                             @
  28.  
  29.  
  30. "The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants" by Prusinkiewicz and Lindenmayer.
  31. Mr. P. had a couple of papers in the 1992 SIGGRAPH Proceedings on the topic.
  32.