← The Shape of the Primes
Prime Spiral
n → angle = n radians · radius = √n
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Why spiral arms?
2π ≈ 6.283, so numbers ≈44 apart differ by ≈7×2π radians and nearly realign. Primes avoid multiples of 2, 3, 5 … the gaps carve these arms into existence.