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2006-11-10 05:21:45 · 2 answers · asked by a-drummer 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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The golden ratio, usually denoted with Greek letter phi, expresses the relationship that the sum of two quantities is to the larger quantity as the larger is to the smaller. See more details in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

Some history on the phi golden number: While the proportion known as the Golden Mean has always existed in mathematics and in the physical universe, it is unknown exactly when it was first discovered and applied by mankind. It is reasonable to assume that it has perhaps been discovered and rediscovered throughout history, which explains why it goes under several names.
Uses in architecture date to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks

It appears that the Egytians may have used both pi and phi in the design of the Great Pyramids. The Greeks based the design of the Parthenon on this proportion.

Phidias (500 BC - 432 BC), a Greek sculptor and mathematician, studied phi and applied it to the design of sculptures for the Parthenon.

Plato (circa 428 BC - 347 BC), in his views on natural science and cosmology presented in his "Timaeus," considered the golden section to be the most binding of all mathematical relationships and the key to the physics of the cosmos.

Euclid (365 BC - 300 BC), in "Elements," referred to dividing a line at the 0.6180399... point as "dividing a line in the extreme and mean ratio." This later gave rise to the use of the term mean in the golden mean. He also linked this number to the construction of a pentagram.

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2006-11-10 06:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by blapath 6 · 1 0

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2016-05-22 03:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0 0

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