Golden mean to 5000 digits
Author: first_name:  Jerry
last_name: Bonnell
first_name:  Robert
last_name: Nemiroff
Language: English
Year: 0

The golden section is a line segment sectioned into two according to the golden ratio. The total length a+b is to the longer segment a as a is to the shorter segment b. In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller. The golden ratio is a mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887.... <br /><br />At least since the Renaissance, many artis