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Acknowledgements
Parts of the material in this section was taken from a number of sources, which are listed below
Mathematica 4.0, S. Wolfram.
Mathematica User's Guide to the X Front End, Wolfram Research.
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Aristid Lindenmayer, Springer Verlag 1990.
Brian H. Marston http://www.fatdays.com/
D. Stauffer and H.E. Stanley, From Newton to MandelBrot, Springer 1995
For the Koch-curve: AMS Vol.39 #7 Sept 92, page 709
S.Douady and Y.Couder, Phyllotaxis as a Physical self-Organized Growth Process Phys Rev Lett 68(13) 1992.
Introduction
This notebook will introduce some concepts of discrete modelling and simulation. Emphasis is on examples taken from nature. The focus of this notebook is on Lindenmayer systems, Fibonacci numbers and fractals, which are used to build model of plants and growth.
Important instructions for all students:
Each notebook contains several questions that must be handed in. Theses questions are labeled accordingly:
Required: These questions must be done by all students.
Advanced: These questions are considered to be more difficult and may be assigned by the instructor.
Optional: These questions are optional to all students and will be counted towards extra marks.
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