Re: [math-fun] Mathematical art
Jason wrote: << On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Mike Stay wrote:
On 6/5/06, Jason Holt <jason@lunkwill.org> wrote:
The number paintings inspired me to do some artwork of my own: http://lunkwill.org/tmp/mystery.png Any guesses what the plot represents?
Collatz problem?
Yes indeed, showing the number of steps to reach 1, log-scaled in both x and y, for n up to a billion. . . .
Mike, you are brilliant for guessing that so fast! Jason, that's a really nice mathematical graphic! --Dan
On 6/5/06, dasimov@earthlink.net <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Jason wrote:
<< On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Mike Stay wrote:
On 6/5/06, Jason Holt <jason@lunkwill.org> wrote:
The number paintings inspired me to do some artwork of my own: http://lunkwill.org/tmp/mystery.png Any guesses what the plot represents?
Collatz problem?
Yes indeed, showing the number of steps to reach 1, log-scaled in both x and y, for n up to a billion. . . .
Mike, you are brilliant for guessing that so fast!
No, just spent waaay too long playing with the problem.
Jason, that's a really nice mathematical graphic!
I agree!
--Dan
-- Mike Stay metaweta@gmail.com http://math.ucr.edu/~mike
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