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River meander curves are spaced at approximately ten times the width of the river, and meander in a way that minimizes energy consumption at bends.

Quantitative morphological finding about river meanders used to illustrate minimum-energy morphogenesis

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The principle of least action, though highly general, does not explain why the fifteen properties keep occurring in the world, and multiple competing explanations exist for the same phenomena.
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Alexander's critique of least action as an insufficient and non-unique explanation for morphogenesis

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Finding used to demonstrate that multiple distinct principles can predict the same morphological outcome, implying something deeper underlies them all
Centrifugal Force in River Meanderingconcept0.747
The mechanical explanation for river meander loops: centrifugal force erodes outer banks, creating STRONG CENTERS and GOOD SHAPE
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Proposes that nonlinear geometric structure is superior to linear feature spaces for capturing semantic content.
In the Mountain Car case study, car position is a 1D manifold; linear interventions cross voids causing incoherence; following the 1D curve produces smooth control.finding0.707
Empirical demonstration that a semantically meaningful variable is encoded as a curved manifold, and that respecting its geometry is critical for effective intervention.
Quiet Spot in a River Bendconcept0.707
An analogy for the still, core resting place in a living room where movement does not disturb the main center.
Tree branches at the angle which makes sap-flow energy consumption a minimum, producing levels of scale as a consequence of the minimum-energy principle.finding0.704
Botanical finding showing minimum-energy principle generating one of the fifteen properties
A wide green swath flanking the road, forming a smooth green valley, would be a large boundary contributing to the vision of the whole.claim0.703
Sixth morphological ripple proposed for the canyon.
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Observation about the cooperation between geometric features and structural features.