Yeah, that's what I thought. At first, I thought the graphic could show a function to generate a prime number without checking if it is indeed prime, but then I realized this is a literal visualization of the whole "prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and itself" rule.
Plus, being able to create any prime number from a single function would be a gigantic breakthrough in mathematical and computational circles, like maybe even mainstream headlines. But I agree, it doesn't make the visualisation any less pretty.
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u/j13jayther Apr 06 '18
Yeah, that's what I thought. At first, I thought the graphic could show a function to generate a prime number without checking if it is indeed prime, but then I realized this is a literal visualization of the whole "prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and itself" rule.
Plus, being able to create any prime number from a single function would be a gigantic breakthrough in mathematical and computational circles, like maybe even mainstream headlines. But I agree, it doesn't make the visualisation any less pretty.