In this section you will find esoteric and peripheral information. Some of it is relative to my art.
The Golden Ratio
The golden ratio is a special number approximately equal to 1.6180339887498948482. We use the Greek letter Phi to refer to this ratio. Like Pi, the digits of the Golden Ratio go on forever without repeating. It is often better to use its exact value:
( 1 + sqrt{5} ) / 2
A Golden Rectangle is a rectangle in which the ratio of the length to the width is the Golden Ratio. In other words, if one side of a Golden Rectangle is 2 ft. long, the other side will be approximately equal to 2 * (1.62) = 3.24.
Now that you know a little about the Golden Ratio and the Golden Rectangle, let's look a little deeper. Take a line segment and label its two endpoints A and C. Now put a point B between A and C so that the ratio of the short part of the segment (AB) to the long part (BC) equals the ratio of the long part (BC) to the entire segment (AC):
A----------------B-----------------------------C
The ratio of the lengths of the two parts of this segment is the Golden Ratio. In an equation, we have
AB/BC = BC/AC
1/x = x/(1 + x )
If we solve this equation for x, we'll find that it is the value given above, (1+sqrt{5})/2, which is about 1.62.
If you have a Golden Rectangle and you cut a square off it so that what remains is a rectangle, that remaining rectangle will also be a Golden Rectangle. You can keep cutting these squares off and getting smaller and smaller Golden Rectangles.
This piece of jewelry is based on the golden rectangle.
The above definition is thanks to Dr Math on the math forum.