Re: explain please the phi ratio

From: Robert Israel (israel_at_math.ubc.ca)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: 27 Sep 2004 20:31:35 GMT

In article <df76407e.0409270919.57ea10f4@posting.google.com>,
Randy Poe <poespam-trap@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Are you next going to tell me that the Pythagoreans
>were not upset by the concept that there could be
>irrational numbers? I will be very upset if you tell me
>this too is a myth with no basis in fact.

I can't tell you they weren't upset, but there's no real
evidence that they were. See
<http://www.math.ufl.edu/~crew/texts/pythagoras.html>

Robert Israel israel@math.ubc.ca
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

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