Wordie: Phi: Comments

Comment by bilby, about 1 month ago

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:49:40 +0000

The remains of King Philippe III, beheaded in 1629.

Comment by arby, about 1 year ago

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:29:29 +0000

Also an acronym for Protected Health Information, mandated by HIPAA legislation.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:07:40 +0000

The actual "Golden Ratio" is (1+sqrt(5)) / 2, which is 1.618...

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:37:13 +0000

Greek letter symbol for the irrational number known also as the "golden ratio": 1.618033989...

It is derived by calculating:(sqrt 5) plus-or-minus 1, all divided by 2.

The golden ratio can be characterized as, a:b::b:(a+b), or, using actual figures:

.618... :1 :: 1 : 1.618...