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@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ Beauty can perhaps be seen as a [heuristic](heuristic.md), a touch of intuition
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).
- **deepness** -- if something very simple, let's say a single small equation, has consequences and implications that may be studied into great depth, 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.
- **unification**, i.e. if multiple nice things meet, for example the [Euler's identity](eulers_identity.md) brings together into one equation the most important numbers in mathematics: *i*, *pi*, 1 and 0.
- **unification**, or when multiple other beautiful things meet, for example the [Euler's identity](eulers_identity.md) brings together into one equation the most important numbers in mathematics: *i*, *pi*, 1 and 0.
- **[self containment](self_hosting.md)**, describing itself, applying to itself, not depending on other things
- **aesthetics**, either of the equation itself (or for example the source code) or the generated object ([fractals](fractal.md), attractors, ...).
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