#167 — The Prime (Ulam) Spiral
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Why do prime numbers show up as diagonals in a spiral? In this video, I create a visualization in JavaScript (p5.js) of the Ulam Spiral (aka Prime Spiral) named for Polish Mathematician Stanislav Ulan.
The Coding Train Twitch Channel
Scientific American article on prime numbers
An article on the distribution of prie numbers
Wikipedia entry on prime numbers
Wikipedia entry listing prime numbers
Link to download Processing 4
Numberphile video on prime spirals
- Editing
by Mathieu Blanchette
- Animations
by Jason Heglund