http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/05/20/the-silver-ratio/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:22:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/05/20/the-silver-ratio/comment-page-1/#comment-18848 Recommended readings 6/5/09 « Division by Zero Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:02:54 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2308#comment-18848 [...] silver ratio ~ two bloggers describe it (I love continued [...] [...] silver ratio ~ two bloggers describe it (I love continued [...]

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/05/20/the-silver-ratio/comment-page-1/#comment-17769 Daniel Black Wed, 20 May 2009 23:22:37 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2308#comment-17769 At the risk of stating the obvious, this is also the sine or cosine of either acute angle of the right triangle formed by taking the diagonal of the unit square. At the risk of stating the obvious, this is also the sine or cosine of either acute angle of the right triangle formed by taking the diagonal of the unit square.

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/05/20/the-silver-ratio/comment-page-1/#comment-17748 Unscheduled Post: The Silver Ratio « Maxwell’s Demon Wed, 20 May 2009 12:51:44 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2308#comment-17748 [...] Post: The Silver Ratio John Cook on The Endeavour has just mentioned the wonderful silver ratio. As this is probably my favourite number I can’t resist the chance to put up some pictures. [...] [...] Post: The Silver Ratio John Cook on The Endeavour has just mentioned the wonderful silver ratio. As this is probably my favourite number I can’t resist the chance to put up some pictures. [...]

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/05/20/the-silver-ratio/comment-page-1/#comment-17744 Mark Reid Wed, 20 May 2009 12:03:10 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2308#comment-17744 If you remove the largest possible square from an A4 sheet of paper you get a rectangle with side length in silver ratio proportions since the A4 (and any A family page) has side ratios 1:\sqrt{2}. If you remove the largest possible square from an A4 sheet of paper you get a rectangle with side length in silver ratio proportions since the A4 (and any A family page) has side ratios 1:\sqrt{2}.

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