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numberspiral.com — By starting at the center and writing numbers sequentially in a spiral, some strange yet interesting patterns occur..
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- ursabear, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Cool! I love patterns! Especially those that are derived through non-art means!
- dylanA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0thats very cool
- capo7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Patterns are strange but intriguing things. Especially when they are discovered in a way like this. The outcome is fantastic.
- slhilbert, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Math... blah!
http://www.getyourowntots.com - injekted, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That's cool. I just want to know who the hell suddenly says, "Let's see what happens when you put the numbers in a spiral!!"
- VaderHader, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1That is Super-Dope!! Can we do any cool Bible Code stuff with this?
- bede, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Interesting
- deepsub, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7If the numbers are intentionally lined up at the beginning, the result is simply a geometric function graphed using a spiral instead of a line or 2 dimension axis. This is hardly earth shattering.
From the article: "The trick is to arrange the spiral so all the perfect squares (1, 4, 9, 16, etc.) line up in a row on the right side"
No digg. - CaffieneMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Very interesting. The numeric patterns are intriguing to say the least
- Detour, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1A much better time killer:
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/ - SuidAfrikaner, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0WHATS THE POINT!?!? HOW IS THIS TECH RELATED?! /shouting
Cool, but no diggy. - volatileacid, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2what a waste of time! you'd never get that pattern if you as per the instructions on the site:
"To make one, we just write the non-negative integers on a ribbon and roll it up with zero at the center."
The pattern shown has been pre-arranged.
No digg. - finkstar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"10:41am. When I was six my mother told me not to stare at the sun, so I did."
"10:42am. Reasses my theory."
"10:43am. Hit 'return'..." - hometoast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1(site's hit hard) -> Coral Cache http://www.numberspiral.com.nyud.net:8090/
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well. math is the basis of tech, I guess.
- srikanthp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Coral cache:
http://www.numberspiral.com.nyud.net:8090 - srikanthp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0***** ... thanks hometoast
- Zoobster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This was very, very cool. Good find, submitter.
- laughterkillsme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Patters ... mmm ... ever see the movie pi? haha.
- jhunt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cool. I actually wouldn't mind having a poster of that to put on my wall.
- LabattsBlue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Cool!
Maybe I just need more coffee, but... if I look at the spiral long enough I swear I see Elvis' face! :-) - kjdude2003, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3The numbers are pre-arranged and aligned to form a pattern. Who would have thought?
- holiday, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0my brain smells like burning
- johnnybluejeans, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Agreed, no dig. A pattern intentionally created is nothing special.
- super_structure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"The numbers are pre-arranged and aligned to form a pattern. Who would have thought?"
Yes, it's called an series. Is there some other way you would suggest laying out a number spiral that would impress more? The point of the article is that by arranging the spiral using one series, a whole host of other patterns emerge.
Sure, it's not XBox 360; but it's still very cool. - duke_nate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wickid cool
- oepapel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"The pattern shown has been pre-arranged."
Duh. No Kidding. It's the unexpected patterns that appear that are interesting, not the expected ones. You expect the squares to line up, you DON'T expect the prime numbers to preferentially group along lines.
For non-mathies, pictures instruct far easier than formulas and proofs.
Digg. - Asystole, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0finkstar: Haha, nice reference, I love that movie...
- pohl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Don't scoff at the "pre-arrangement".
The only invariants that were pre-arranged was the line of perfect
squares to the east, and the even spacing along the spiral within
the first constraint.
Everything else is observation of features that "fall out" naturally
from those constraints.
This is a first-rate example of applying visualization techniques
to mathematics.
Double Dog Digg. - olorinpc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0very cool - thanks for putting it that way oepapel, saved me the time lol.
-olorinpc
http://www.sgbtech.com - brakiachi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0No digg, If only because they are acting like it's different then Ulam's spiral, which is the same exact thing only you don't have to deal with curves, just straight lines. On a lighter note, Ulam noticed this when he was extremely bored during a lecture at a math conferenc, and decided to just write the numbers out in that particular scheme.
- steveM49, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Way cool!
Prime numbers in a region on the plane.... There is a hidden map here of the reals to the complex numbers. Is the Riemann Hypothesis far behind? - GatorVIP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you actually read through the website, the author touches on Ulam's spiral on page 4 or 5
- brian2k1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Digg. The patterns may appear because they align ONE type of pattern but the result is still interesting. And it makes numbers interesting for those who are not stuck on stupid and playing video games all day. It is a cool way to visualize and somewhat memorize a complex series of numbers.
If all the person did was roll them around in a circle next to each other. You "No Digg"'s would say it was because each point had a specific width on the line and since it was a specific size it can not be interesting since the size of the point was prepared and the resulting pattern is derived from the prepared size of the point and is not real. Yes I did mean to make that sentence run on a bit... At least this story is worth Digging unlike a lot of them that make it to the front page. - HypnotiQBen84, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Cool
- lazerf4rt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Boring.
- Googled, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0very cool :P
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http://kyd.notlong.com - unclejesse0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That is very cool.
- iWorks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0this explains the spirals seen in my toilet upon flush
- Barkie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This is very cool and interesting. Snaps for the dude who dugg this! Maths rocks.
p.s. @iworks: the spirals you see when you flush your toilet are caused by gravity; and the direction in which the water spins is determined by the hemisphere you're in. Some useless info for you! - übermensch, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1what the ***** is the deal here
why is this place becoming a cesspool of faux intellectualism?
digg is full of wannabe geniuses.. - aKae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it would be cool to see how this would look in 3d space instead of just 2d.
i'll buy whoever does it a beer...or dohnut... whichever you prefer. - Massif, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@ubermensch
Yeah, because wanting to be intelligent is a bad thing... - übermensch, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0do u fags re-adjust your glasses on your face as you're saying "hmm, yes, intriguing"
- übermensch, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0"Yeah, because wanting to be intelligent is a bad thing..."
the key word there is "wanting" - dignon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0lame. boring. no diggity.
- antifuse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0übermensch: just because you don't get it, doesn't make any of the rest of us faux intellectuals for finding it interesting.
- hfswagon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
If it were in three dimensions... - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Double Dog Dugg" hehe, like that.
Ditto the double dog digg. - treed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0We'll ride the spiral to the end.
We may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Dugg. -
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