matthen: How would you arrange 100 dots so that no two were too close, but no dot was too far from t
matthen: How would you arrange 100 dots so that no two were too close, but no dot was too far from the centre. The answer would be useful in nature, where the dots might correspond to growing structures which can’t be overcrowded. One solution that evolution has found is the Fibonacci spiral, in e.g. a sunflower head. This animation shows the output of a program which tries to find a good solution. At the start the dots are placed randomly, then each dot is moved in turn to a better position in the image. [code] -- source link
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