The century-old math book behind Claude's signature spiral aesthetics

sebkrier · x · 2026-10-25

Someone dug up "A Rhythmic Approach to Mathematics," an old textbook whose string-art figures — spirals, stars, the Archimedes spiral drawn by connecting points on concentric circles — look strikingly like Claude's signature spiral visuals, joking that this is where Claude's "spiralism" comes from.

Original post →

More from Fun

Fun channel →