Prime Portraits

Year: 2016 Authors: Zachary Abel

Core claim

By combining image dithering, small random perturbations, and primality testing, one can find large prime numbers whose digit patterns depict intended portraits.

Topics

prime numbers, visual patterns, digit grids, portrait encoding, computational search

Domains

number theory, prime number theorem, Gaussian integers, probabilistic primality testing, data art, digital portraiture, generative art, pattern visualization

Methods

Floyd-Steinberg dithering, random pixel perturbation, Miller-Rabin test, grid-based digit mapping

Media

decimal digits, base 9 digits, grayscale shading, Fermat spiral layout

Source status

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