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Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupper's_self-referential_formula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupper's_self-referential_form...

• arglebarnacle 10y ago
  I was a bit disappointed when I found this out about it: "The formula is a general-purpose method of decoding a bitmap stored in the constant k, and it could actually be used to draw any other image." That makes it less of a self-referential formula in my opinion, and more of a cool formula that can print any bitmap.
  • omaranto 10y ago
    Jakub Travnik has a better version where the image includes the necessary constant. http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html
  • jwilk 10y ago
    Yeah, the title is misleading. There's nothing self-referential about this formula. Now, if the formula was also capable of drawing the constant k, THAT would be exciting.
    • omaranto 10y ago
      Jakub Travnik has got your back. http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html
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