Crystal and Snowflake Formation
This research area studies how crystalline order, branching structure, and snowflake-like morphology can arise from local coherence constraints. Rather than treating the final crystal form as a static geometric object, Coherence Geometry emphasizes the formation process: local attachment, compatibility, boundary growth, transport, and relaxation gradually select persistent structures. Snowflakes and crystals provide intuitive examples of emergence, where simple local rules and environmental constraints become visible as global geometric order.