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In [[mathematics (nonfiction)]], two quantities are in the '''golden ratio''' if their [[ratio (nonfiction)]] is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities.
[[File:Similar_Golden_Rectangles.png|250px|thumb|Similar golden rectangles.]]In [[mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]], two quantities are in the '''golden ratio''' if their [[ratio (nonfiction)|ratio]] is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities.


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File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1597: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] writes the first known calculation of the (inverse) golden ratio as a decimal of "about 0.6180340" is a letter to [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]].
File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|Artifically intelligent mathematical function and alleged supervillain [[Gnotilus]] believed to have secreted multiple caches of [[Geometry solvent|Weaponized geometry solvent]] for use against Golden ratio.
File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|[[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]] processes [[geometry solvent]] into [[Clandestiphrine]], Golden ratio vulnerable to covert recursion, warn temporal interrogators.
File:Madge_Palmolive.jpg|Consumer spokespersona says "[[geometry solvent]]" is nothing more than dish soap plus [[Extract of Radium]].
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]
* [[Geometry solvent]]
* [[Gnotilus]]
* [[Forbidden ratio]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Ratio (nonfiction)]]
* [[Ratio (nonfiction)]]


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== External links ==


* [[Gnotilus]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio Golden ratio] @ Wikipedia
* [[Forbidden Ratio]]
* [[https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/goldenratio.php Golden Ratio calculator]]


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Latest revision as of 11:22, 7 March 2021

Similar golden rectangles.

In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links