https://vicboomer.com/tags/ulam-spiral/ Recent content in Ulam-Spiral on Vic Boomer Hugo nl Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200 https://vicboomer.com/experiments/creative-with-ai-the-ulam-spiral/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200 https://vicboomer.com/experiments/creative-with-ai-the-ulam-spiral/ <p>In 2009 I was thinking about a strange problem.</p> <p>A normal x-y coordinate system is infinite. You can move left, right, up and down. But how do you give every conceivable position a sequence number? Not just a technical number, but an order that feels visually logical.</p> <p>I arrived at a spiral.</p> <p>Start in the middle. Place 1 there. One step right for 2. One step up for 3. Then left, down, right, and further outward. Every square on an infinite grid gets its place in a sequence.</p>