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I’m hardly a math genius, but isn’t this basically because he’s using polar coordinates, where nearly any trend is going to look like curves and spirals?
by Scubabear68 4y ago
I’m hardly a math genius, but isn’t this basically because he’s using polar coordinates, where nearly any trend is going to look like curves and spirals?
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoHence, the video...
- CyberDildonics 4y agoHence the video what? It's polar coordinates making the spiral, not prime numbers.
- westcort 4y agoThe primes >3 are all of the form 6k+1 or 6k-1, so they are close to 6k. As k increases, the resulting marks on the polar coordinate system form nearly complete turns because 6 is close to 2 pi. Hence, spirals. See my other comment for a clearer explanation of why primes >3 all must necessarily be one more or one less than a factor of 6k where k is an integer. That is the crucial piece that the author did not make totally clear.
- tomxor 4y agoThis is pointed out in the video
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoHence the video making it extremely clear pretty much right off the bat that yes, any integer plotted that way will form a spiral. The video then goes into a very interesting discussion IMO into why you see the specific patterns of spirals and rays with the primes.