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Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
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Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:31:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> > 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
> 
> 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?

for a good Golden Section site:

http://goldennumber.net/

anybody remember "Donald in Mathemagic land" Disney video?

Jeff



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(...) Yes. My very bad high school math teacher made us watch it a lot. (23 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) 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? (23 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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