Hausdorff Dimension Analysis of Tree Branching Patterns
In 2011, as part of Professor John Boccio's class on chaos and complexity, I wrote a paper exploring the possibility of using the Hausdorff fractal dimension of branching structures as a method for differentiating and identifying tree species. I found that the fractal dimension of a tree's branches is consistent within a species and that it can therefore be used to differentiate two species, but it should be noted that there is no guarantee of uniqueness of the fractal dimension of a given species branching pattern. Consequently, this method cannot be used for identification, it can only really be used for differentiation (and still without guarantee).
My original paper can be found here.
