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In general, both numbers below have a presence on the Net because the same kind of people who propagate email hoaxes without ever doing any research into the claims of such rumors, have also been duped by those who've either deluded themselves into actually believing what they write about this, or enjoy that they've been able to fool others into accepting their 'bad math' as being true.
This number is a result of claims that the world should have a value for Pi that is based on something more closely associated with 'Nature' such as the
Fibbonaci series; i.e., 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, etc. Thus, the
reason this group's incorrect formula for Pi includes the 'Golden Ratio' number
[often represented by the Greek letter phi (φ)]; which is:
phi
= [(√5) + 1] / 2 = 1.6180339887...
The relationship between phi and the Fibonacci Series is also examined in this
reference[1]. Therefore, much of the papers and emails from this group are loaded full of good data about the Golden
Ratio (phi), Fibonacci Numbers and other truthful statements, before they simply 'slip in' their formula for obtaining Pi that has
no actual basis in reality! For example, their papers may have grandiose titles beginning with words like: "A closed-form-derivation of pi,
by..." and you expect this to mean it will have some kind of proof showing how they arrived at their value. But it does not. Here's a
diagram from one of their papers
This number
1[Return to Text] A nice reference which examines this relationship is: The Golden Ratio and The Fibonacci Numbers. But be sure to read the Wikipedia pages given in the links in the text above.
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