An algebraic number is any complex number that is a root of some polynomial with integer coefficients. The algebraic numbers are a subset (and more specifically, a subfield) of the complex numbers.
Mathematicians have explored several ways of visualizing the algebraic numbers, including the visualization on Wikipedia. This code is a Python rewrite of original C code that generated the Wikipedia visualization. It has a simple GUI that lets the user change some parameters of the visualization, including changing the color palette or the radius of drawn circles.
Here's a screenshot of the application:
This project's dependencies are managed by uv, so if you'll need to install this first. Once installed, run:
uv venv && uv sync
to create a virtual environment and installed dependencies, and then:
uv run app.py
to run the application.
This repository also include a GitHub Action that builds and publishes an executable to run the application (using pyinstaller), but this is still experimental and not thoroughly tested.