Re: The Golden Ratio

erik simpson wrote:
 

On 3/14/24 3:18 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
 

J. J. Lodder wrote:
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Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

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nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) writes:
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dgb <david@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
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Does this occur by accident?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
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Or by design?

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Mathematics doesn't occur.
It is.
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If it didn't occur then it is, and always was. But was it so before the
beginning of the universe? or maybe the universe didn't begin, because
time and space are not fundamental properties of nature.

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The universe, whatever it is, or was, or may be
is irrelevant for mathematics,

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Jan

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a) yes, I'm back-ish - blame Lawyer Dagget, who put temptation in my path,
and directed me to an interface that I can use without going through the
hassle of signing up with yet another server :o) Though I'm likely to keep
a lower profile than in the past due to work

 
Very good. Very good indeed. Just curious:
Is your new toy capable of wrapping lines to a reasonable length?

Tbh, I don't remember how I did it, first post and all. It has some
features that look better than Google, but the display needs some getting
used to. Let's see how this one works, I just keep on typing and see how
it will be displayed after posting.