Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules ...

The math Newberry and his student Jingyi Gao used is based on fractals. These are patterns created by repeating the same smaller pattern within itself. Snowflakes are an example of this ...

This hidden math in some abstract paintings may even ... Trees in nature follow a “self-similar” branching pattern called a fractal, in which the same structures repeat at smaller and smaller ...

You may not be able to define “fractal” — yet — but fractals are, in fact, everywhere. As you might expect from hearing her title, Hayley Brazier, Donald M. Kerr curator of natural history ...

The math concept hidden in this tree art — geometric shapes known as fractals — is apparent in branching patterns in nature and may be key to humans’ ability to recognize such artwork as ...