Golden ratio base numbers

The Endeavour 2025-06-08

Summary:

It is possible to express every positive integer as a sum of powers of the golden ratio φ using each power at most once. This means it is possible to create a binary-like number system using φ as the base with coefficients of 0 and 1 in front of each power of φ. This system […]

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math

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John

Date tagged:

06/08/2025, 16:52

Date published:

06/08/2025, 12:31