On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:48:16 -0500, "Anders K." <and### [at] f2scom>
wrote:

>What definition? I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, just that I've
>seen it both ways.

Take a segment AB and a point C on AB. There is only one case in which
the ratio AC:BC equals BC:AB and this ratio is the golden ratio. If AB
is of unit length, then AC = 0.5*(sqrt(5)-1) and BC = 0.5*)sqrt(5)+1).


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