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The secondary branches are considered in this note mainly for the purpose of applying the principle of maximum strength to the primary branches.
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Opatowski, I. On the form and strength of trees: Part III. The secondary branches and their relation to the primary branches. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 7, 1–4 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478253
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