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What is Reaction Diffusion?

Reaction–diffusion systems are mathematical models which correspond to several physical phenomena: the most common is the change in space and time of the concentration of one or more chemical substances: local chemical reactions in which the substances are transformed into each other, and diffusion which causes the substances to spread out over a surface in space.

Reaction–diffusion systems are naturally applied in chemistry. However, the system can also describe dynamical processes of non-chemical nature. Examples are found in biology, geology and physics (neutron diffusion theory) and ecology. Mathematically, reaction–diffusion systems take the form of semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations.

In recent times, reaction–diffusion systems have attracted much interest as a prototype model for pattern formation. It has also been argued that reaction-diffusion processes are an essential basis for processes connected to morphogenesis in biology and may even be related to animal coats and skin pigmentation.

Other applications of reaction-diffusion equations include ecological invasions, spread of epidemics, tumour growth and wound healing. Another reason for the interest in reaction-diffusion systems is that although they are nonlinear partial differential equations, there are often possibilities for an analytical treatment.

( above cited from wikipedia )

For this set, we explored morphogenesis of animals, specifically we researched the tiger tree frog...and aimed to simulate our own growth. We did this by manipulating the Reaction Diffusion ( gray scott ) formula generated in Ready' using javascript. We then converted our flat growth into vector form to relay onto a variety of pieces.