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Why the Golden Ratio Selects the Prime Three

Why the Golden Ratio Selects the Prime Three

There is a machine hiding inside long division. It unzips every number you feed it.
January 2020
Alex Petty
Long Division and Euclid's Lemma

Long Division and Euclid's Lemma

The digit function is the engine of everything that follows.
March 2011
Alex Petty
The Effect of Base on Numeric Fields

The Effect of Base on Numeric Fields

Complement symmetry is base-independent.
August 2010
Alex Petty
Geometries Hidden in the Number System

Geometries Hidden in the Number System

Field glyphs reveal three categories of number.
June 2010
Alex Petty
The Golden Ratio

The Golden Ratio

Self-reference in phi, prefiguring the selection of 3.
January 2010
Alex Petty
Arithmetic Foundations

Arithmetic Foundations

Palindromic oscillation and the complement map.
January 2010
Alex Petty
Foundational Tables of Multiplication

Foundational Tables of Multiplication

Mirror symmetry in multiplication on the circle.
January 2010
Alex Petty
On Numeric Polarity and the Distribution of Primes

On Numeric Polarity and the Distribution of Primes

The circle of nine and the first structural picture of primes.
November 2009
Alex Petty
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