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Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#41

Post by jader201 » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 4:12 PM UTC

I was disappointed to see it end (at 10000). :(

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#42

Post by misiti3780 » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 4:13 PM UTC

migfromparis wrote: post #2

Really nice. What rendering engine or library do you use?

d3.js ?

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#43

Post by robmclarty » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 4:15 PM UTC

arethuza wrote: post #4

That appears to work like a denial of service attack on my brain - I was sitting here quite hypnotized until a colleague asked me what on earth I was doing.

omg I know! I was ready to leave multiple times but something prevented me from moving my mouse and I starred at it for five minutes. It is number porn.

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#44

Post by japhyr » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 4:18 PM UTC

I teach math, and I am definitely showing this to my class today! I am pretty sure this will help some students make sense of prime numbers for the first time in their lives.

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#45

Post by Avitas » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 4:23 PM UTC

sold wrote: post #10

see also http://mathlesstraveled.com/2012/10/05/factorization-diagram... and http://mathlesstraveled.com/2012/11/05/more-factorization-di...

Here is another fascinating visualization that I'm sure will ring a bell for some of you. For those that haven't seen this type of explanation, it's really neat. Eduardo's explanation both easy-to-read--hey, he's a writer--and detailed.

http://www.sievesofchaos.com/

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#46

Post by svonsvon » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 4:24 PM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #41

I was disappointed to see it end (at 10000). :(

I capped it at 10000 to prevent someone from accidentally leaving it on fast-forward and wedging their browser. Try this if you want to go farther:

http://www.datapointed.net/visualizations/math/factorization...

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#47

Post by AmVess » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 5:06 PM UTC

Definitely pretty cool, though it's hard to look at for more than 18 minutes with it on fast forward.

I think it's reprogramming my brain.

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#48

Post by jivatmanx » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 5:09 PM UTC

Pardon if I'm missing something obvious, but what is the significance of the colors?

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#49

Post by AmVess » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 5:13 PM UTC

fglktyu wrote: post #11

This should be made into a ballet.

Dalek ballet.

At least, that's how my brain feels now.

Re: Animated Factorisation Diagrams

#50

Post by ygra » Thu, Nov 15, 2012, 5:17 PM UTC

jivatmanx wrote: post #48

Pardon if I'm missing something obvious, but what is the significance of the colors?

To look pretty.