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Prime Spiral

Prime Spiral

Prime Spiral is a plot in which prime numbers are marked among positive integers that are arranged in a counterclockwise spiral. The prime numbers show a pattern of diagonal lines. Prime Spiral is a simple method of visualizing the prime numbers that reveals the apparent tendency of certain quadratic polynomials to generate unusually large numbers of primes. It was discovered by the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam in 1963.