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phyllotaxy
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phyllotaxy [¦fil·ə¦tak·sē]
(botany)
The arrangement of leaves on a stem.


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Roberts ends this detailed biography with appendixes on Coxeter groups and diagrams as well as Fibonacci numbers and phyllotaxis.
Concepts based on a symmetrical structure were abandoned for a pattern of spirals, based on the Fibonacci series and phyllotaxis (the mathematical basis for most plant growth), which will re-appear-in the sculpture that will sit almost hidden in the core of the Core.
 
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