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TheMultiplicationMapChart

http://vbm369.ning.com/photo/grethersspiral

Aroundtheedgeofthespiraltheauthorhasindicatedthepatternswhichformbysuccesively
multiplyingvariousnumbers.
Forexample,themultiplesof2formahexagonshapeaswegoaroundthespiral:


Thisimagegivesaclearerviewofthehexagonresultingfromsuccessivemultiplesof2:

Multiplesof3giveusdiamonds:

Hereisthatdiamondonaclockface:


Multiplesof5(whenwegoallthewayoutto144)giveusamorecomplexstarshape:

Theprime11spiralsoutfromthecenter:

Theabovediagramscanbesimulatedinthefollowingapplet:

http://www.intmath.com/numbers/teslamultiplication3dinteractiveapplet.php

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