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A formula that visually represents itself when graphed
- Zanni 9y agoDon't miss the comments. Particularly Tor Hovland's hint about the size of k, and David Turner's "spoiler." The Wikipedia article [1] demystify's it completely. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupper%27s_self-referential_formula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupper%27s_self-referential_fo...
- nightcracker 9y agoThis isn't a true self-referential graph because k actually encodes the graph, the formula simply iterates over every possible bitmap with a certain height. A truly self-referential graph would also include the coordinates of itself in the graph.
- trosenbaum 9y agoYou may enjoy this then: http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html
- nightcracker 9y agoI was already aware of its existence, but I forgot the exact reference, thanks.