The Family Tree

by Brian Hayes

Published 22 October 2007

When is a tree (large, woody plant) not a tree (connected acyclic graph)?

This has something or other to do with the topic of the previous post.

(The tree (?) is a crepe myrtle near the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh.)

Tags for this article: biology, computing, mathematics.

Publication history

First publication: 22 October 2007

Converted to Eleventy framework: 22 April 2025