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Leslie Lewis

Mathematical Art, Web Design, Teaching Mathematics with Art

Golden Ratio

The study of ratios, proportions, or sequences can easily lead into an investigation of the Golden Ratio. We generally start with the Fibonacci sequence and use squares of Fibonacci lengths to create the Golden Spiral shown just below on the right.

For a description of the background and implementation of this project, download the following; Golden-Ratio-Project.doc