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Here's a JavaScript/HTML5/Canvas version. You can view the first 100 diagrams in a grid or view the diagram for the N of your choice. There's also an option to

by jonp 14y ago

Here's a JavaScript/HTML5/Canvas version. You can view the first 100 diagrams in a grid or view the diagram for the N of your choice. There's also an option to view an alternative diagram where the drawing starts with the smallest prime instead of the smallest. http://jsfiddle.net/FEKX2/3/ http://jsfiddle.net/FEKX2/3/

cocoflunchy 14y ago
Arg! You beat me to it.
Almaviva 14y ago
> var PI = 355 / 113; You know about Math.PI?
- smcl 14y ago
  I'm curious about this line, too. I wonder if it's maybe just a wee joke
  - Almaviva 14y ago
    If it's a droll reference to that thread last week about how there are no useful rational approximations, then "whoosh" and well played, sir:)
gwillen 14y ago
I noticed the author speculating about color, so I colorized it based on the identity of the largest prime: http://jsfiddle.net/HEHHj/2/ http://jsfiddle.net/HEHHj/2/ It actually uses the last prime drawn, so it's only useful in 'smallest first' mode. That ought to be fixed, but I was lazy about it. Colorizing the image based on the largest prime makes the pattern intelligible a little bit longer, before it becomes impossible to tell the big primes apart.