Padovan cuboid spiral

In mathematics the Padovan cuboid spiral is the spiral created by joining the diagonals of faces of successive cuboids added to a unit cube. The cuboids are added sequentially so that the resulting cuboid has dimensions that are successive Padovan numbers.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The first cuboid is 1x1x1. The second is formed by adding to this a 1x1x1 cuboid to form a 1x1x2 cuboid. To this is added a 1x1x2 cuboid to form a 1x2x2 cuboid. This pattern continues, forming in succession a 2x2x3 cuboid, a 2x3x4 cuboid etc.^[1]^[2]^[3] Joining the diagonals of the exposed end of each new added cuboid creates a spiral (seen as the black line in the figure). The points on this spiral all lie in the same plane.^[1]

The cuboids are added in a sequence that adds to the face in the positive y direction, then the positive x direction, then the positive z direction. This is followed by cuboids added in the negative y, negative x and negative z directions. Each new cuboid added has a length and width that matches the length and width of the face being added to. The height of the nth added cuboid is the nth Padovan number.^[1]^[3]

Connecting alternate points where the spiral bends creates a series of triangles, where each triangle has two sides that are successive Padovan numbers and that has an obtuse angle of 120 degrees between these two sides.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Darling, David (2004), The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes, John Wiley & Sons, p. 245, ISBN 9780471270478.
^ ^a ^b Sharp, John (2000), "Beyond the Golden Section – the Golden tip of the iceberg", Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science (PDF), pp. 87–98. See in particular pp. 96–97.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stewart, Ian (2004), Math Hysteria: Fun and games with mathematics, Oxford University Press, p. 73, ISBN 9780191647451.

External links

Padovan Spiral Numbers, Robert Dickau, Wolfram Demonstrations Project

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[ubm-1] Darling, David (2004), The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes, John Wiley & Sons, p. 245, ISBN 9780471270478.

[bgs-2] Sharp, John (2000), "Beyond the Golden Section – the Golden tip of the iceberg", Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science (PDF), pp. 87–98. See in particular pp. 96–97.

[mh-3] Stewart, Ian (2004), Math Hysteria: Fun and games with mathematics, Oxford University Press, p. 73, ISBN 9780191647451.

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