Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI'm not sure if it was the visual aids (which were outstanding), or simply how the subject was approached and written about, but that article finally gave me an intuitive understanding of "complex numbers" that i've never quite gotten before. Sure, they were nice for some types of coordinate/vector math, but why they were nice always seemed to be something I missed. The warping of the coordinate system that you get when squaring is probably the key. It totally explained…
More than being an intro to Julia fractals, I think this post is a great introduction to complex numbers and functions of the complex plane[1]. The way this is presented is very similar to how most math-folk I know picture these concepts in their head. This is probably one of the toughest things for beginners, who don't understand that (most) math-folk think in pictures like this and not in symbols. For example, starting at around Slide 29 in the first…
I love visual math like this so much. I had a professor at my alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, who made a textbook called “Illustrated Theory of Numbers”, and it’s just beautiful. Marty Weissman, check it out sometime
The author made this using MathBox, which was previously discussed here. http://acko.net/blog/making-mathbox/
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 570
- Total comments
- 94
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-06 | How to fold a a Julia fractal (MathBox) | archgoon | 20 | 4 |
| 2013-04-28 | How to Fold a Julia Fractal | msvan | 7 | 0 |
| 2013-08-26 | How to fold a Julia fractal | outworlder | 3 | 1 |
| 2014-04-08 | How to fold a Julia fractal | xtacy | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-06-16 | How to Fold a Julia FractalFirst breakout · Best thread | bpierre | 231 | 47 |
| 2015-01-06 | How to fold a Julia fractal | carljoseph | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-02-16 | How to Fold a Julia Fractal | sabalaba | 4 | 0 |
| 2015-08-22 | How to Fold a Julia Fractal | rosstex | 171 | 29 |
| 2020-12-16 | How to Fold a Julia Fractal (2013) | kevinskii | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-01-17 | How to Fold a Julia Fractal – A tale of numbers that like to turn | thunderbong | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-04-06 | How to fold a Julia fractal (2013) | graderjs | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-07-24 | How to fold a Julia fractal (2013) | mkl | 57 | 6 |
| 2024-02-20 | How to Fold a Julia Fractal (2013)Latest 20+ point return | ahiknsr | 68 | 7 |