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Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2014)
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The golden ratio and Viéte’s formula

Published:
2014-06-01
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2014.0351
Authors
Esther M. García-Caballero,
Samuel G. Moreno,
Michael P. Prophet
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Keywords
Golden Ratio nested radicals Viéte-like formulas
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García-Caballero, E. M., Moreno, S. G., & Prophet, M. P. (2014). The golden ratio and Viéte’s formula. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, 12(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2014.0351
Abstract
Viéte's formula uses an infinite product to express. In this paper we find a strikingly similar representation for the Golden Ratio.