Glossary: Golden Ratio

	Golden Ratio

The Golden Ratio is often referred to as the "golden section," or "Phi."

The Golden Ratio is a ratio of two parts such that:

The ratio of the longer line to the shorter line is the same ratio as that of the entire line to the longer line. Thus, for a line AB divided at C where AC is the longer portion:

AC / CB = AB / AC = The Golden Ratio.

The value of Phi is:

(Square Root of (5) + 1) / 2 = 1.618033988749...

The Golden Ratio is ubiquitous because it occurs (as does a series to which the Fibonacci series is a portion) at the instantaneous moment of seminal motion, which underlies all natural phenomena.

Interestingly, Phi squared minus one, 1, equals Phi; and, the reciprocal of Phi plus one, 1, equals Phi.

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