Timeline for Does the Golden Ratio Apply to Timing as Well? [closed]
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| Dec 13, 2009 at 10:55 | comment | added | Harrison Brown | The golden ratio is the "most irrational number" in a certain sense. Presumably if you played two frequencies at a ratio of \phi : 1 it would be particularly discordant, although I haven't actually tried this. | |
| Dec 13, 2009 at 1:52 | history | closed |
Greg Kuperberg user350 Qiaochu Yuan Anton Geraschenko |
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| Dec 13, 2009 at 1:52 | comment | added | Anton Geraschenko | I don't think MO is a good place for this question. Its connection to mathematics is at best extremely tenuous. It may be more appropriate at some of the math forums listed in the FAQ. | |
| Dec 13, 2009 at 0:45 | comment | added | Akhil Mathew | I agree with Scott Morrison. | |
| Dec 13, 2009 at 0:44 | history | edited | Akhil Mathew |
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| Dec 12, 2009 at 23:47 | answer | added | Kristal Cantwell | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 19:46 | comment | added | Gil Kalai | I dont think reading a basic book/paper in a subject is a requirement to asking a question about it. | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 19:44 | comment | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | And that book is "debunked" in the Notices article which Scott Morrison mentions in his answer. | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 19:31 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | Mario Livio's book on the golden ratio (amazon.com/Golden-Ratio-Worlds-Astonishing-Number/dp/0767908163) does a pretty good job of debunking most golden ratio myths. You should probably read that before asking such questions. | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 19:27 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | -1. This question may be inappropriate for mathoverflow. It's certainly mis-tagged. | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 19:26 | answer | added | Kim Morrison | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 18:41 | answer | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 18:27 | answer | added | lhf | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2009 at 18:18 | history | asked | leeand00 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |