Math Help -> Basic Principles -> Recurrence Relations -> Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio is (sqrt(5)+1)/2, often denoted f (phi), or about 1.618033988749894848204586834365638117720...
Mathworld -- Golden Ratio
Fibonacci Numbers -- whose successive ratios approach the Golden Ratio Recurrence Cycle -- A "Golden" Recurrence Relation -- un+2 = 1/(un un+1f ) has a period of 5. Trig functions of Special Angles -- The golden ratio pops up here, too.
Fibonacci Numbers -- whose successive ratios approach the Golden Ratio
Recurrence Cycle -- A "Golden" Recurrence Relation -- un+2 = 1/(un un+1f ) has a period of 5.
Trig functions of Special Angles -- The golden ratio pops up here, too.
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