/primeulam

Show the prime ulam spiral given the size as the first argument.

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primeulam

Show the prime ulam spiral with some optional arguments.

The raw spiral will be saved to ulam.eps and
the actual pixel size will be saved to elam.png :)

For example, "python primeulam.py" will display:

example image

You can also customize it by color, background color, shape_size, and size of the spiral.
e.g. "python primeulam.py -shape_size 4 -color white -bg black -size 101" will display:

custom example

Add in a custom starting integer and custom shapes to make it really unique :)
e.g. "python primeulam.py -bg purple -color red -shape_size 6 -size 51 -start 41 -shape triangle" will display:

custom example

This small project was inspired this awesome numberphile video

Have fun.