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Revision as of 04:51, 11 April 2015

The golden ratio is $\varphi = \dfrac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}.$

Properties

Theorem: The following formula holds: $$2\sin(i \log(\varphi))=i,$$ where $\sin$ denotes the sine function, $i$ denotes the imaginary number, $\log$ denotes the logarithm, and $\varphi$ denotes the golden ratio.

Proof:

References

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