unwiz Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 A little riddle I just made : Observe the following spiral... ...This seemingly "random" sprial, has a special feature in it. can you spot what it is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kikacat123 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Well, it has the letters "unwiz" written vertically across it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unwiz Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yeah, well, not that There's a kind of "mathematical" solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 caike Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) The lengths of the sides of the spiral follow Fibonacci sequence? Edited December 16, 2013 by caike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 caike Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 The lengths of the sides of the spiral follow Fibonacci sequence? Sorry, I'm wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unwiz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 yep, thats incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Memories of unreality, for whom Fibonacci was a favorite puzzle topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unwiz Posted December 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 still nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 liberty Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) It is not a Spiral....is it correct? Edited January 3, 2014 by liberty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 The side lengths are primes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unwiz Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 The side lengths are primes? Correct! way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Perhaps check it again Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 How is this supposed to be a valid puzzle? Is there some app on this site that allows users to measure lengths of sides of line segments? If there isn't a way to determine lengths of sides, then users can't confirm prime side lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Perhaps, this is a valid puzzle, simply because some solved it while others didn't. I didn't solve this puzzle. I only made some observations then left it alone. Namely, the sequence of lengths seemed to be the point. As you point out it's not simple to measure them. Even if you could, you'd have to choose units that made them all integral to find the answer. If I had set out to make the effort, I probably would have taken the image into Photoshop where there is a tool for measuring lengths. But there is an easier way, even, than that. The spacings can be seen to be integers by even crude methods. From the spacings the integral lengths can be calculated, and then the answer is seen. Solving puzzles is very much about finding methods. Intuition plays a role too. There are quick-and-dirty analytical techniques that guide the process as well. For example here one can see the spacings don't vary widely. That makes primes a candidate, and rules out the Fibonacci numbers. I don't mean to be critical of your post, rather to help you get enjoyment from the broadest possible range of puzzles. Take the position that a puzzle has an answer and that it is within your grasp to find it. Let the search for a method be part of the puzzle itself. The very best puzzles uncover a simple answer to an otherwise difficult or complex question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A little riddle I just made : Observe the following spiral...
...This seemingly "random" sprial, has a special feature in it. can you spot what it is?
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