A generic geometric transformation that unifies a wide range of natural and abstract shapes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-338

  Gielis, Johan ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Modeling; Superformula

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY;

EID: 0037779152     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.3.333     Document Type: Article

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