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Primes

2015-06-28, post № 42

mathematics, programming, Pygame, Python, #generates, #generator, #prime, #prime generator, #prime layout, #prime numbers, #prime pattern, #prime patterns, #primes, #red, #white

Being fascinated with how prime spirals look, I tried another layout for primes. Starting at the upper left and writing out numbers like a normal text, starting at 𝟢 and coloring every prime number red, every other number white, this is the result.

primes-8.png
primes-7.png
primes-10.png

It is interesting, that — like in prime spirals — the red squares form visible patterns. Randomly assigned squares would not as often form such patterns.

Source code: primes.py
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