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From: Michael Schierl <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: what is it?
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Markus Gebhard <ukgh@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

>oak3 wrote:
>> 
>> can anyone tell me what this is <below>?
>> 
>> --
>> 
>>       ######################################
>>       #         1 : 1.6180339              #
>>       ######################################
>
> I guess it's:
>
>      2
>  ---------
>        ___
>  1 + \| 5


Don't write sqare roots in the denominator (hope that's the correct
word) ! *g*

it is

                   ___                  ___            ___
        2  ( 1 - \| 5  )       2   (1-\| 5 )         \| 5  - 1 
_________________________ _ ___________________ _ ____________________
        ___         ___   -                     - 
 (1 + \| 5 ) (1 - \| 5 )      1 - 5                   2


>            ___
>      1 + \| 5  
>  x = --------- 
>          2     

At school we wrote 
        ___
      \| 5  +1  
  x = --------- 
          2     

so that it looks similar to the one above.

those numbers are used a lot in architecture and art as they are seen
as harmonious.

Michael