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Golden Ratio Discovered In a Quantum World
FiReaNGeL writes "Scientists have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter. 'In order to study these nanoscale quantum effects, the researchers have focused on the magnetic material cobalt niobate. It consists of linked magnetic atoms, which form chains just like a very thin bar magnet, but only one atom wide.' By artificially introducing more quantum uncertainty, the researchers observed that the chain acts like a nanoscale guitar string. The first two notes show a perfect relationship with each other. Their frequencies (pitch) are in the ratio of 1.618, which is the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The observed resonant states in cobalt niobate are a dramatic laboratory illustration of the way in which mathematical theories developed for particle physics may find application in nanoscale science and ultimately in future technology."
Uh oh. Clicking on the first hit on that Google search would tell you that the golden ratio is an irrational number, which means the numbers to the right of the decimal place keep going on forever, without repeating.
High-end ben-wah balls that reverberate to the sound of money?
Orwell: "In a Time of Universal Deceit, telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act"
God did it! God teir troll that man is.
How is the parent flamebait? Down mods are not meant to express the moderator's disagreement with the moderatee's opinion!
PS: to the mod who gave all discussion of the irrationality of the golden ratio an offtopic mod: get a life.
Of course, you realize that mod HAS a life, which is why (s)he didn't get the joke ;)
Yes, it's sarcasm. Deal with it!