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  1. Windmills of Your Mind Spirals/Circles
    1. Intro
    2. Surd Spiral (Theodorus)
    3. Complex Spiral (Mandelbrot)
    4. Sunflower Spiral (Phi)

    Windmills of Your Mind Spirals/Circles

    Author:Ben Sparks
    Topic:Circle
    Some of the resources used in Ben's talk "Windmills of Your Mind" The Sunflower Spirals is also used in a Numberphile video on the Golden Ratio. Surd Spiral Mandelbrot Orbits Sunflower spirals
    Windmills of Your Mind Spirals/Circles

    Table of Contents

    • Intro

      • Circles within circles - Trigonometry
    • Surd Spiral (Theodorus)

      • Surd Spiral (Spiral of Theodorus)
    • Complex Spiral (Mandelbrot)

      • Mandelbrot Painter
      • Mandelbrot Iteration Orbits
    • Sunflower Spiral (Phi)

      • Flower (dark)
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