Ah, i see a problem. I can't get Google calculator to work, but I see what happened here.
Wolfram alpha uses a different phi in the equation, so I had to use a workaround. I think somewhere along the way, I lost the /100.
Well, I didn't. Mr. Keegan did. He should be more careful when he's playing with those numbers. Silly cartoon character. He should know enough to get this stuff right.
Re Google Calculator: If you copy/paste "pi(1+phi/100/e)^(e i)" into a google search, it should work. (Note the space between the e and the i.)
Yesterday I started with phi (to confirm that google knew what it was) and then step-by-step built the rest of the expression around it. But putting it all in at once should work just fine too.
Could someone explain this, please? What is the value of phi?
ReplyDeletePrincipal = pi(1 + phi)*ei, where * = exponent
phi = (1 + sqrt(5))/2,
ReplyDeletethe golden ratio
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=golden+ratio
I get a different answer:
ReplyDeleteP = pi(1+phi/100/e)^(ei) = 3.14 + 0.051i
(according to google's calculator)
Ah, i see a problem. I can't get Google calculator to work, but I see what happened here.
ReplyDeleteWolfram alpha uses a different phi in the equation, so I had to use a workaround. I think somewhere along the way, I lost the /100.
Well, I didn't. Mr. Keegan did. He should be more careful when he's playing with those numbers. Silly cartoon character. He should know enough to get this stuff right.
Re Google Calculator: If you copy/paste "pi(1+phi/100/e)^(e i)" into a google search, it should work. (Note the space between the e and the i.)
ReplyDeleteYesterday I started with phi (to confirm that google knew what it was) and then step-by-step built the rest of the expression around it. But putting it all in at once should work just fine too.