Golden Ratio Seed Arrangement

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DaveG27 Posted: Sat, Mar 24 2007 8:27 AM
This a program that draws sunflower seed arrangement using the golden ratio(phi)/Fibonacci series as these are linked and loved by nature more on this can be found here http://goldennumber.net.
The program creates a series of them then displays them in series at first then displays them randomly in an endless loop fading from one to the next all the time. Each time you run the program it does it slightly differently because it using random numbers and selects different seed sizes you will have to run it several times to see the full effects.
I have for years played about with this series but have always failed to bring out the many spirals hidden in the flower this some what succeeds but I am not entirely happy with the result.


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Sharpidea replied on Sat, Mar 24 2007 10:25 AM

Very nice, I like it!

Have Fun

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JonS replied on Wed, Mar 28 2007 7:35 AM

Indeed, that's cool Dave!  It's also a really great example of math as art.  If anyone isn't familiar with the golden ratio, it's worth surfing a bit to read about it - and then checking out how Dave's program makes use of it.

Nice!
 

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Wow. This is a very nice program. Looks like a good screensaver, too, once the screen aver Add-In is released... For those of you who haven't seen it in action, you need to do so!
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