AN INFORMATIONAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF PHYLLOTAXIES - A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE SERIES OF DIVERGENCE ANGLES IN LEAF ARRANGEMENTS

Given (1) a representation of the time intervals of biological develop ment as the coordinates in the Gibbs triangle, (2) the concept of the invariant (first integral), and (3) the suggestion that the maximum in formation is provided by the search for a corresponding invariant, the empirically found divergence angles were shown to represent the reali zation of the most informative plans for the search for the first inte gral of morphogenesis.