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Ask Dr. Math

A list of questions gathered pertaining to Fibonacci and Golden Ratio.

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/high_fibonacci-golden.html

Ask Yahoo

The column at yahoo.com answers the question "What is the "Golden Ratio" and what significance does it have?".

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/19991201.html

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A brief introduction to Golden Ratio

An interview with George Cardas, describing his use of the Golden Ratio in high-end audio equipment cables.

http://www.tnt-audio.com/intervis/cardase.html

Colin and Greg's Golden Ratio Page

This is an informative site on an interesting aspect of Geometry: The Golden Ratio.

http://members.tripod.com/~ColinCool/mathindex.html

Constructing the Golden Rectangle

A description of the golden rectangle with formulas and drawings.

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT669/Student.Folders/May.Leanne/Leanne%27s%20Page/Golden.Ratio/Golden.Ratio.html

10,000 Digits

A web page with phi to 10,000 places.

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/webstuff/ratio.digits.html

20,000 Digits

A Project Gutenberg Etext.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/633

Division in Mean and Extreme Ratio

The base angle of the largest trinalges of most representations of Sri Yantra are about 52 degrees, close to the base angle of the Great Pyrmaid of Cheops, which is 51deg50'. With such a base angle, the ratio of the hypotenuse to half the base is phi, the Golden Ratio.

http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~mikel/sriyantra/golden.html

The Golden Mean

Explains the theory behind the golden mean and how it can be constructed out of the Fibonacci series.

http://www.vashti.net/mceinc/golden.htm

The Golden Mean by Jerry Bonnell and Robert Nemiroff

A Project Gutenberg eBook with one million digits.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/744

Golden Number

A few words about Golden Number.

http://www.freewebs.com/goldenno/

The Golden Ratio

Explanation, presence in biology, art, and ancient art.

http://www.geocities.com/jyce3/

The Golden Ratio

Project with art references and object construction lessons.

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~demo5337/s97b/

The Golden Ratio

Examines the uses/occurrences of phi in biology, art, and ancient times.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C005449

The Golden Ratio

Extension of the number.

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/oddsends/phi.htm

The Golden Ratio: A Golden Opportunity to Investigate Multiple Representations of a Problem

Essay and brief introduction by Edwin M. Dickey.

http://www.ite.sc.edu/dickey/golden/golden.html

The Golden Ratio and The Fibonacci Numbers

A presentation of the relationship between the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Numbers from the proceedings of the Friesian School.

http://www.friesian.com/golden.htm

Golden Rectangle

Defines the "Golden Rectangle" based on phi and shows some formulars and drawings of the results.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldenRectangle.html

The Golden Section

Short page describing the Golden Section. Includes a description of various constructions and history.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Tim/Golden.html

The Golden Section - the Number and Its Geometry

Simple definitions; exact value and first 2000 decimal places; finding the golden section; continued fractions. Simple tricks for your calculator, puzzles and games.

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/phi.html

Golden`s Section Formulas

Explores a connection between Golden Section on the one hand and Fibonacci and Lucas numbers on the other...

http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/relations/relation.html

The Greeks and the Golden Mean

A paper relating the early discovery of the Golden Mean by the ancient Greeks and their methods of constructing it.

http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Humanities/TheGoldenMean.html

Phi: That Golden Number

How to generate the number, GSP script for dividing segments, rectangle and other shapes, the rabbit problem and references.

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt669/Student.Folders/Frietag.Mark/Homepage/Goldenratio/goldenratio.html

The 'Phi-Nest'

Information on the Golden Section, Divine Proportion, Fibonacci series and phi.

http://goldennumber.net/