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Re: Prime number patterns

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Post by xmmx »

guard-of-terra wrote: post #8

It would look 2x nicer if they removed 0 ~ prime number branches and waves beginning from primes. Much easier to spot, less clutter.

If they removed the wave beginning from a prime number what would the 2*prime number look like?

Re: Prime number patterns

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Post by Zenst »

recursive wrote: post #6
Zenst wrote: post #5

Cute, though does appear to be limited by browser initialwindow size. Thing about prime numbers - ask yourself this question: Does the universe operate on base 10! Endless fun aint they.

You can drag the number line to the left. I'm past 1000 and haven't found the highest prime yet.

Thank you, yip click - hold down mouse and move it left. Thats my afternoon bumped now lol

Re: Prime number patterns

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Post by recursive »

guard-of-terra wrote: post #8

It would look 2x nicer if they removed 0 ~ prime number branches and waves beginning from primes. Much easier to spot, less clutter.

If they removed the branches between 0 and primes, and then removed branches beginning from primes, I don't think there would be anything left.

Re: Prime number patterns

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Post by alokm »

Its beautiful. It has an interesting formation of an infinite coaxial cones. with semi vertical angles arctan(1/3), arctan(1/5), ... arctan(1/(2n-1))... (The even numbers slopes form the progression of circles on the top). Although that doesn't give the pattern of the primes, it is formed because every number has a multiple for each natural number.

Re: Prime number patterns

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Post by zipdog »

pehrlich wrote: post #16

wow, that is very nice. Does anyone else think they notice that primes are near to highly divisible numbers?

I recall a successful 'highest prime' search using a system that checked numbers of the form 2^n - 1 (or something like that)

Re: Prime number patterns

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Post by forinti »

yeahboats wrote: post #17
forinti wrote: post #15

I think he meant "El Padrón de los Números Primos". Patrón means "boss", not "pattern".

It also means pattern. The source page also uses patrón. http://www.polprimos.com/

I stand corrected. Never heard it used like that, but the Royal Academy confirms it: http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=patr%C3%B3n
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