Mathematical Butterflies

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Pictures, Science & Tech on Sep 4, 2008 at 1:40 am

This is how a mathematician draws a butterfly: where r is the radius and is the angle. From Clifford Pickover’s Computers and the Imagination.

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sirwebster
Sep 4th, 2008 at 3:35 am
erm, there’s no “r” in the equation?

very pretty though
Simon
Sep 4th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Probably meant “rho”, the greek letter that looks like a p.
lisanocap
Sep 4th, 2008 at 3:51 am
large version with colors reversed makes a beautiful
background for your monitor

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