Talk:Silver ratio

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This page was an almost exact copy of the Silver Ratio info at http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Silver+ratio and so I have deleted the entire article with the intent of rewriting it.
-Voltaire 21:49, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

Well I at least tried to delete it, but it got put back on.
-Voltaire 22:18, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

It is worth noting that at the bottom of http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Silver+ratio it states:

This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.

So the fact that the articles are the same is not a problem! Andreww 04:35, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I thought the silver ratio was the number

\sqrt{3} + 1 = 2 + \frac{2}{2 + \frac{2}{2 + \frac{2}{2+ ...}}}\,

which is the limit of the ratio of the terms of the sequence

G_n = 2G_{n-1} + 2 G_{n-2}\,

or am I mistaken?Scythe33 15:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Serious errors

Hello. I do not know what actually is the definition of silver ratio, but

1.414... = Sqrt[2]

and

2.414... = 1 + Sqrt[2]

Thus NOT

1.414... = 1 + Sqrt[2] Wrong!

So, although I do not know the accurate answer, neither does this article give any such.

As a practical note, a rectangle with proportions 1:2.41 is quite elongated. So, if you asked me, I would guess that the answer is 1:1.41 . However, as I've already noted, I don't know. 80.221.61.8 16:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


According to Mathworld, the silver ratio is defined as the sum of sqrt(2) and 1. The corresponding continued fraction representation is correct according to the site.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SilverRatio.html Opinionhead 17:42, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


Oh for heaven's sake, it was just vandalism. See? Next time try fixing it. I'm removing the tag. Melchoir 23:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So......

Why is the silver ratio important? Why does it merit being named, let alone having an article? I'm not saying there are no answers to these questions, just that it's disappointing that the article itself gives me no idea what the answers are. 84.70.26.165 11:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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