There are insects that stay underground for exactly 13 or 17 years, then all come out at once. Not 12, not 16. The best explanation is prime numbers. #MathsDidThat #maths #primenumbers #cicadas #nature

There are insects that stay underground for exactly 13 or 17 years, then all come out at once. Not 12, not 16. The best explanation is prime numbers. #MathsDidThat #maths #primenumbers #cicadas #nature
This September, Monica Vișan joins ISTA from @uclaupdates.bsky.social as Professor and Vivian Kuperberg and Yuval Wigderson join from @ethz.ch as Assistant Professors.
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#PrimeSpirals By Ivars Peterson May 3, 2002. #PrimeNumbers #Numbers #Patterns #Euler #Ulam #Spiral #Maths #Nature #Reality #Science
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