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.
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HN comment orderVery, very lovely. You might (or might not) also be familiar with the Ulam Spiral[1] or the arguably more beautiful Sacks Spiral[2], which do reveal certain patterns in the distribution of the primes. I used the software from this site[3] to generate a large Sacks spiral graphic, which I had custom-printed on my shower curtain. To most folks who see it, it's just some pattern of dots, but knowing the order within gives me great joy. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral [2] http://www.numberspiral.com…
See also divisor plot: http://www.divisorplot.com/ This guy plotted the table of numbers and their divisors and found lots of patterns in it.
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
- 487
- Total comments
- 117
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-05 | Prime Number Patterns | jasondavies | 6 | 0 |
| 2012-07-17 | Prime number patternsFirst breakout · Best thread | dmarinoc | 359 | 100 |
| 2015-07-07 | Prime Number PatternsLatest 20+ point return | sebg | 122 | 17 |