Extreme Venn Diagrams

[Richard]

Something to think about - vey cool. :cool:

Richard :munchin

Extreme Venn Diagrams
NewScientist, 13 Aug 2012

9 image gallery with accompanying commentaries.

http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/venn

[Hand]

That was interesting, thank you for posting it!
Ill be thinking about why the number of sets in a Venn diagram has to be a prime number all morning now...

[MR2]

This can be quite useful - thanks.

[KimuraFTW]

Wow....that was pretty cool. Slightly mind numbing as well...

[booker]

That was interesting, thank you for posting it!
Ill be thinking about why the number of sets in a Venn diagram has to be a prime number all morning now...

I think that the sets have to be prime if you want a symmetrical diagram. This (http://www.math.umn.edu/~webb/Publications/monthly645-648-wagon.pdf) paper lays it out in semi-confusing math speak.