Prime Remainders (#79)
Jonathan Frech
This program calculates primes, takes their remainder¹ and then places a color accordingly. The shapes are quiet interesting.²
Controls
- “Space” takes a screenshot.
Source code: prime-remainders.py
| [1] | The formula for the color 𝑐 at prime 𝑝 with modulo 𝑚 is 𝑐 = 𝑝 mod 𝑚. (𝑚 = 10 on the left, 255 on the right and 500 on the bottom) |
| [2] | [2020-07-16] Looking back at it, I am quite surprised that I stumbled upon “analyzing” prime remainders back then, not knowing how deeply rooted in number theory they are. |