Comment concerning Leonardo's rule

TL;DR

This paper offers a new explanation for Leonardo's rule, which states that the squared radius of a principal tree branch equals the sum of the squared radii of its daughter branches, based on observations from Leonardo's notebooks.

Contribution

It introduces a novel theoretical explanation for Leonardo's rule of tree branching, connecting historical observations with modern scientific reasoning.

Findings

Proposes a new explanation for Leonardo's rule

Links historical observations to mathematical models

Provides insights into tree branching patterns

Abstract

In this comment we propose a novel explanation for the Leonardo's rule concerning the tree branching. According to Leonardo's notebooks he observed that if one observes the branches of a tree, the squared radius of the principal branch is equal to the sum of the squared radius of the branch daughters.