Mathematics is pretty

[andrewducker]

Suddenly I want to know more about why the pendulums swing how they do...

(via nancylebov)

Comments

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

That's just number theory.
It's exactly the same as the way that every so often, multiples of, say, 2, 3, and 5 coincide.

I'd write them out to demonstrate but LJ would eat my formatting...
but you get 6, then 10, then 12, then 15, and so on, then a whopper at 30, and on it goes. Add more primes and the pattern gets even more complex.

[0olong.livejournal.com]

That's not a bad answer. I've seen a few other great visual demonstrations of this effect, but I can't think how to find my favourite one...