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Daisy

A figure resembling a daisy or sunflower in which copies of a geometric figure of increasing size are placed at regular intervals along a spiral. The resulting figure appears to have multiple spirals spreading out from the center.

ICM2006 Madrid logo

Note that the logo chosen for the 2006 International Congress of Mathematicians shows a striking similarity to the left figure above.

See also

Hexlet, Phyllotaxis, Spiral, Swirl, Trifolium, Whirl

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References

Dixon, R. "On Drawing a Daisy." §5.1 in Mathographics. New York: Dover, pp. 122-143, 1991.Kabai, S. Mathematical Graphics I: Lessons in Computer Graphics Using Mathematica. Püspökladány, Hungary: Uniconstant, pp. 91-92 and 155, 2002.

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