Talk:Golden spiral

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[edit] Equiangular spiral

There is another name for this spiral (see heading) I think. This is because if you draw 8 lines from the centre of the spiral, the angle at which the spiral intersects them is always the same. Would this be worth mentioning?--CarrotMan 06:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

The golden spiral is an equiangular spiral, but not the only one. It's already in the first sentence, if not explicitly. Melchoir 23:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The formula

Why not use the formula from logarithmic spiral? The current scheme with b raised to a power of angle in degrees is, I bet, not in any verifiable source, as it is abhorrent to a mathematician to do such a thing. It would be nice if this article would say what value of b makes the logarithmic spiral a golden spiral, instead of defining a couple of new idiosyncratic b's. Dicklyon 06:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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