Rich wrote:
> 
> Makes me wish I had paid closer attention in High School.  <smile>  Thanks
> for posting your source!

no problem, it really was yours... :-) btw, you should try to render it
with these values:

#declare phi		= (sqrt(5)+1)/2; // The golden ratio
#declare dots     = 49;            // number of spheres in spiral
#declare rstart   = 3;             // starting radius of spiral
#declare rstop    = 0;             // ending radius of spiral
#declare loops    = 1;             // number of times spiral circles the
center
#declare cirstart = 0.9;           // starting radius of the spheres
(outer sphere)
#declare cirstop  = .5;           // ending radius of the spheres (inner
sphere)

Then change the number of dots to, say 41, and marvel at the difference.
Try also 86 and then 89. Weirdness. I am sure there are other numbers
that give the same weirdness.

For the really fun stuff start at 2, 5, 7, 11, 13 dots... see what
happens. The really weird stuff happens at 17, 19, 21 and then, at 23
beauty of math reveals itself. Why the huge difference between 22 and
23?! I cannot explain it, anyone care to take a stab at it?

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