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Re: Why 5 to 6?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:03:31 GMT
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Well, as you discovered, 5:6 isn't close to the Golden Ratio, but it's still a
good idea. Perhaps you were thinking of 10:6, the aspect ratio of the "end"
face of a 2x4 brick, which is fairly close to the Golden Ratio.
In lugnet.general, David Leese writes:
> I know it's not the answer you were expecting, but 5:6 is close
> to the 'golden ratio' used by the Greeks/Romans in their architecture.
> They discovered/deduced that the ratio of 1:1.6 has a certain
> mathematical beauty (I *wish* I could remember the derivation);
The derivation is:
1 + phi = 1 / phi
where "phi" is the Golden Ratio. This has the effect that if you take a Golden
rectangle and remove a square, the remaining part is a smaller Golden
rectangle.
> and 1/1.6 = 0.625 while 5/6 = 0.833. I know it doesn't look close,
> but trust me, it's close enough to bring about a certain feel-good
> factor.... ish.
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| (...) I know it's not the answer you were expecting, but 5:6 is close to the 'golden ratio' used by the Greeks/Romans in their architecture. They discovered/deduced that the ratio of 1:1.6 has a certain mathematical beauty (I *wish* I could remember (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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