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		celoyd on Dec 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Number Spiral - When You Chart a Number System, Pa... They only provide a Windows binary for drawing them. If you want a start on doing it yourself, here's some postscript: http://basecase.org/code/numberspiral.ps .

paulgb on Dec 12, 2008 [–]

Sage code:

  plot = point2d((0,0))
  for k in primes_first_n(500):
      r = sqrt(k)
      theta = sqrt(k) * 2*pi
      plot += point2d((r * cos(theta), r * sin(theta)))
  plot

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