synthetic trees (IMAGE)

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synthetic trees

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Three trees generated by the same random algorithm differ only in the value of α used to compute the branch diameters. The algorithm stops adding branches when the radius reaches roughly 1/10th that of the trunk, creating exponentially more branches for higher values of α.

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Jingyi Gao and Mitchell Newberry

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