<div dir="ltr">I hadn't thought of trees explicitly, I was working the branching geometries of neural dendrites and crystals. But trees are a fine example as well, and the exemplar of the class of all tree structures. <i> </i>I thought the branchedness of the blood flow into and out of the liver was the whole point of Glen's question. Dendrometry in the abstract would be the study of branching structures to find where the branchedness is essential to the phenomena under study. I thought I was making it up, maybe next time.<br><div><br></div><div>-- rec --</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 11:28 AM Steven A Smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com">sasmyth@swcp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Roger -</p>
<p>Interesting to introduce Dendrometry (tree growth) as _yet
another_ metaphorical target domain beyond the liquid flow,
erosion/sedimentation of rivers.</p>
<p>Is there something in tree (plants in general?) growth that is
specifically apt for this purpose? Or were you perhaps using
Dendrometr(i)y in a more creative sense? Referencing neural
growth/function/topology? Dendodendritic and Axodendritic
synapses might be relevant?<br>
</p>
Trees represent a more "intentional" transport system it would seem
than riverine systems, though if one includes the organic aspects
such as the bosque/etc. maybe not.<br>
<br>
It doesn't seem (too?) unreasonable to imagine that the Liver (a
broad-purpose chemical synthesis factory?) has some
useful/interesting/relevant analogs in trees/plants? While a tree
is nominally 3 dimensional, it is also nearly 1-dimensional in the
sense that the cross-section of the trunk(s), branches, twigs,
twiglets, etc are very similar and within them, they are radially
symmetric. <br>
<br>
I am wondering if "braided" branch/root systems like Banyan Vines
might offer some insight?<br>
<p>This is all probably too far afield for Glen's original question
but I can't help but wander a bit on this one?</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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<div class="m_-4702358965174248218moz-cite-prefix">On 8/18/18 4:42 AM, Roger Critchlow
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Ah, the dendrometriy of the software must agree
with those of the organ.
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<div>Speaking of categorical imperatives, anyone trying to
follow John Baez' online course in Applied Category Theory? <a href="https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/seven-sketches-in-compositionality/" target="_blank">https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/seven-sketches-in-compositionality/</a></div>
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<div>-- rec --</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:31 AM Stephen Guerin
<<a href="mailto:redfishgroupllc@gmail.com" target="_blank">redfishgroupllc@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Also internal vertex/node or branch
vertex/node</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:29 PM Stephen Guerin
<<a href="mailto:redfishgroupllc@gmail.com" target="_blank">redfishgroupllc@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Conflux is the the place where two rivers
join. More generally in a directed acyclic graph I would
say junction node or use the negative non-leaf nodes </div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:09 PM Roger
Critchlow <<a href="mailto:rec@elf.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">rec@elf.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I was thinking dendrite -- which refers
to branching structures in crystals as well as
neurons -- this dawn, the proper portmanteau would
then be dendrectic or dendrexus.
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<div>-- rec -- <br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 3:06 AM
Jochen Fromm <<a href="mailto:jofr@cas-group.net" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer" target="_blank">jofr@cas-group.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>They say Germans have a word for everything
because we can chain words together like
pearls on a string. In German I would say
"Netzwerkverzweigung"
(network-branching/bifurcation) or
"Netzwerkverdichtung"
(network-consolidation/concentration). In one
case the density decreases, in the other case
it decreases. Something like that, but it is
not a perfect fit. </div>
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<div>- Jochen</div>
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<div>From: uǝlƃ ☣ <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gepropella@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>Date: 8/17/18 19:47 (GMT+01:00) </div>
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<div>Subject: [FRIAM] looking for a word </div>
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I need a word (or short phrase) to refer to the
portion of a network where the edges converge or
diverge (more than other parts of the network.
Examples might be a river delta or the branching
(debranching?) of blood vessels or lungs.
"Plexus" or "knot" don't work because they could
ambiguously refer to something like a tapestry
or ... well, a knot, where each thread remains
separate, but winds around other threads.
Something close to "canalization" seems
appropriate. But I don't want to imply the
generation (or dissolution) of the thing. E.g.
[arter|ang]iogenesis are not the type of words
I'm looking for.<br>
<br>
There's got to be a good word for such, perhaps
from graph theory or "network theory". Any help
will be rewarded by an IOU for a pint of beer.
8^)<br>
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-- <br>
☣ uǝlƃ<br>
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