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The idea of making a chart from prime numbers is definitely not copywrite-able. So go for it! I got the idea from a knitting magazine where someone described
by Sondy 14y ago
The idea of making a chart from prime numbers is definitely not copywrite-able. So go for it! I got the idea from a knitting magazine where someone described a blanket with a chart of prime numbers that fascinated a student who walked by who was in a remedial math class. They had a small picture of part of the blanket, and I couldn't figure out how their method worked, but I put those ideas into a sweater.
I have attempted to write a children's book about using this idea to make cyphers or just fun art. But I haven't tried to sell it yet. And I did a library program that went over very well with kids. Anyway, if anyone makes a t-shirt let me know -- I'd order one.
Though maybe I should do it -- I've got several colored charts already made from when I was working on my book. Give me some time, and I'll make a cafe press account....
- Poiesis 14y agoThis would make a good quilt pattern (with minimal modification).
- Sondy 14y agoI'm working right now to see if I can get the charts I made into a good enough copy to upload to cafepress and sell t-shirts.
- Sondy 14y agoThanks for the idea!
- merraksh 14y agoI'll be your first customer :-)
- femto 14y agoI can see how it's easy to get hooked (sorry) on knitting and maths. You might start off doing visualisations of various sequences. Next, you wonder what happens if Fink and Mao's necktie analysis [1] is extended to an exhaustive analysis of knitting stitches, and end up with all sorts of multidimensional stuff. Finally that becomes too easy and you attempt to use a length of yarn to model the world line of a single electron [2] and accidentally win a Nobel Prize! :-) [1] http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~ym101/tie/aps97tie.html http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~ym101/tie/aps97tie.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe