«In the work Ella used a simple mechanical approach. He considered the tree as a fractal (a figure, has some degree of self-similarity), each branch was modeled as a beam with a free end. Under these assumptions (and subject to the persistence over time the probability of breaking branches by the wind) it turned out that the law of Leonardo minimizes the likelihood that the tree branch would break under the pressure of the wind. »
blockquote> Colleagues Ello, in general, agreed with his calculations, and even said that the explanation is quite simple and obvious, but no one had previously somehow not thought of. Well, science is - is not uncommon.
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