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    The ration of two F series number if approx 1.618. As get larger and larger they approach (Srqt(5( + 1) / 2.

    This is 1.618.....

    If te turn the fraction upsaide down we get 0.618....

    This was know to the greeks as th golden ratio. If you have a rectangle that is that ratio and rip off a sqaure, what is left is a smaller rctangle also of the same ratio. It goes by the name of the golden ratio.

    The ratio occurs all over the place in the 5 platonic solids. It was also considered the perfect proportion for a picture.

    And is approx the ratio between a woman's height and her navel.

    The FS occurs all over nature. It is present in how leaves in many plants arise from the branch. Loop round the leaf (say) 5 times and there will be 8 leaves arranged before we start again. The same sort of order occurs in flowers like daisies and artichokes. It also lays out the squares pineapples (I think)

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMay 25th 2007 edited
     

    I don't recall anything too savage from this thread..

    *re-reads thread*

    haha, Shades is crazzzeeeeey.

    Posted By: Fact totum

    I kinda miss ol' Zymurgy. I wonder what happened to him.

    Didn't you hear? He was skinned alive by a pack of angry pineapples.

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMay 26th 2007
     

    meh.. happens to us all..

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    Pineapple has another meaning in the UK - or at least it used to.