Ulam spiral

Version 1.0.0.0 (1.34 KB) by Ebrahim Mousavi
Natural numbers are plotted on a spiral and the primes are marked: diagonals emerge.
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When the natural numbers are plotted in a spiral and the primes are marked, they tend to fall on diagonal lines.
(description from Galileo's Finger by Peter Atkins).

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Ebrahim Mousavi (2026). Ulam spiral (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31850-ulam-spiral), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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