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2.11.12

Factor Visualization

Stephen Von Worley has a lot of great data visualizations on his site, but this one struck me as especially cool: http://www.datapointed.net/visualizations/math/factorization/animated-diagrams/

Dots are added one at a time and they all reconfigure to make patterns which display all of the prime factors of the new number. 70 for example, is shown as 7 groups of dots in a regular heptagon arrangement. Each of the groups is 5 groups in a regular pentagon arrangement. And each of these 5 groups is a set of 3 dots in an equilateral triangle. 105 = 7 x 5 x 3. The 7, 5 and 3 are clearly visible. The animation is mezmorizing.

I did a series of screenshots and made this composite image of the integers 1-49.




1 comment:

  1. Is there a poster available or can I make my own?

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