This is based upon the roots of a quadratic equation but does not extend to an infinite series.
Linda -----Original Message----- From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Bo Jacoby Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 3:11 PM To: programm...@jsoftware.com Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] A Tale Without End {.>{:p. 1 1 _1 1.61803 Den 20:52 søndag den 23. februar 2014 skrev Don Guinn <dongu...@gmail.com>: (2 %~ 1+%: 5)-:^.5 > >0 > > >On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Nimp O <tr...@outlook.com> wrote: > >> > From: k...@math.uh.edu >> > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 06:20:58 -0600 >> > To: programm...@jsoftware.com >> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] A Tale Without End >> > >> > Very interesting, Linda. 1.61803 looks familiar, but I can't quite >> recognize it. No, it's not >> > >> > ^.5 >> > 1.60944 >> > >> > --Kip Murray >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> >> It's the Golden Ratio. >> >> 2 %~ 1+%: 5 >> 1.61803 >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
