Metallic numbers, a link between mathematics and aesthetics
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https://doi.org/10.30973/inventio/2024.20.52/1Keywords:
Irrational numbers, Notable numbers, Metallic ratios, Numerical sequenceAbstract
Metallic numbers are irrational numbers as their decimal expressions are made up of infinite figures that follow each other without repeating a fixed pattern. The most celebrated metallic number is the so-called golden number, or golden ratio, which is frequently found in nature and appears many times in different areas, including mathematics, geometry, physics, architecture and art, among others. However, along with the golden number there is a whole family of other less known metallic numbers, such as the silver ratio, the bronze ratio, etc., which, like the golden ratio, can be constructed as the ratio between the sides of a segment or a rectangle.
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