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Also known as the "Ulam Spiral" for Stanislaw Ulam who discovered it by accident in 1963, supposedly while doodling during a boring presentation. This page is
by cypherpunks01 10y ago
Also known as the "Ulam Spiral" for Stanislaw Ulam who discovered it by accident in 1963, supposedly while doodling during a boring presentation.
This page is great, but the wikipedia page is too and provides other related work and coincidences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral
- Nomentatus 10y agoNo, actually the Ulam Spiral is something else, a simpler spiral to create. Still, I too recommend the Wikipedia page.
- blazespin 10y agoLooks like a variant, sacks spiral? Hmm, sacks is the OP.