Trees depicted in famous artworks across a range of styles follow the same mathematical rules as their real-life counterparts, scientists have found. The math concept hidden in this tree art — ...

Two examples of tree stone carvings from the ... researchers found the tree in the top-left carving had the most "tree-like" branch diameter scaling exponent. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Of course, as phylogenetic trees branch, different lineages accumulate ... by invoking just four events of trait evolution. As this example illustrates, descendants of an ancestral lineage tend ...

Trees in nature follow a “self-similar” branching pattern called a fractal, in which the same structures repeat at smaller and smaller scales from the trunk to the branch tip. In the new study ...

For example, branching enables trees to transport fluid, harvest light and maintain mechanical stability. Since a fractal is a geometric shape, mathematicians can calculate its complexity ...