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Subject:	Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:08:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Koudys wrote: > Mathematics aside, it's been a long time since I read the 2001 series (2001, > 2010, 2061, 3001), but I recall that in one of 'em, there's a statement with > the idea that the monolith is based on squares starting at 1, and the thought > went on to say that the monolith didn't stop at the 3rd digit (or third > dimension, being 3^2 = 9), that the properites of the monolith went on above > the third dimension, still using the value of sqares (16, 25, etc...) Right. My point was that the Greek Golden ratio has nothing to do with the proportions of the monolith. --Bram

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		Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
(...) The golden ratio is related to a different sequence: the ratio between consecutive numbers of the Fibonacci sequence approaches Phi. Or phi, if you go backwards. So, if the monolith were golden-ratio realated, its sides in the primary three (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
(...) Yeah, but I wanted to post this somewhere, and here looked like a pleasant spot :) Dave K -what are you doing, Dave? Would you like to hear a song? (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
(...) Mathematics aside, it's been a long time since I read the 2001 series (2001, 2010, 2061, 3001), but I recall that in one of 'em, there's a statement with the idea that the monolith is based on squares starting at 1, and the thought went on to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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