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Originally Posted by mgreenley
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Now, who can tell me Phi?
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.5(1+(5)^.5) = phi
...But I prefer to truncate the .618... part so I can count, phi, e, pi as 1, 2, 3, respectively..
...come to think of it, those minor truncations and roundings I've made may be the source of most of my problems in math this semester... |
Phi is the larger solution of x - 1 = 1/x, often called the Golden Mean.
So is it pronounced "fee" or "fie" ?
Next question: who can tell me "fo" ?
(Too easy. It's the integer successor of three.)
Then who can tell me "fum" ?
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