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What is beautiful then? As stated, there is a lot of subjectivity, but generally the following attributes are correlated with beauty:
- **[simplicity](minimalism.md)/[minimalism](minimalism.md)**, typically finding simplicity in complexity, e.g. a very short formula or algorithm that describes an infinitely complex [fractal](fractal.md) shape, a simple but valuable equation in physics (*e = m * c^2*), a short computer program that yields rich results ([demoscene](demoscene.md), [code golfing](golf.md), [suckless](suckless.md), [minimal viable program](minimal_viable_program.md), ...).
- **deepness** -- if something starting very simple, e.g. a single small equation, leads to consequences that may be studied for millennia, for example [prime numbers](prime.md).
- **generality**, i.e. if a simple equation can describe many problems, not just a specific case.
- **lack of exceptions**, i.e. when our equation works without having to deal with special cases (in programming represented by `if-then` branches).
- **[symmetry](symmetry.md)**, i.e. when we can e.g. swap variables in the equation and get some kind of opposite result.