scott wrote:

> Tut tut, youth of today, taking short cuts with numerical methods ... 
> just do the algebra and you'll see they are both *exactly* 2, not this 
> 1.9999999999 mess ;-)

...says the guy who thinks that "1/0" is a definite value. :-P



Hmm, let's see now...

φ = (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2

φ + 1 = (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2 + 1 = (3 + sqrt(5)) / 2

φ^2 = (1 + sqrt(5))^2 / 4 = (1 + 2 sqrt(5) + 5) / 4 = 1/4 + sqrt(5)/2 + 5/4

Nope, sorry, I'm not seeing it.

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