3 ene 2005

Snowflakes made easy

nature.com

A mathematician has been making indoor snowflakes that are surprisingly similar to nature's fractal beauties.

The snowflakes are simulations produced by Cliff Reiter, of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and have the classic 'dendrite' snowflake form, in which six central stems divide and taper to increasingly fine fronds.

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