Kenneth Arizapa

Aaron Salilin
Julia Famadico

A Greek scholar named Pythagoras, who lived in the 5th century B.C.E.,
has often been credited with discovering one of history's most enduring
mathematical concepts: the golden ratio. It's also been called the golden mean,
the golden section or the divine proportion, depending on who is using the term.
Twelve centuries later, 17th century, Kepler discovered that The golden ratio is
the limit of the ratios of successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence (or
anyFibonacci-like sequence). The Fibonacci sequence, in the form of Golden ratio
had been used in art and architecture throughout history. One example is the
Pathenon. The Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece,
dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their
patron.

The Greeks supposedly thought that the golden ratio was special because
it repeatedly appeared in nature, and because it was pleasing to the eye. The
golden ratio was even said to have been applied to the building of the Parthenon,
a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, in 447 B.C.E. The Greek
mathematician and sculptor Phidias used the golden ratio when designing the
Parthenon, which still stands on the Athenian Acropolis in Greece
The golden ratio is usually rounded off to 1.618 (the number theoretically
repeats into infinity, like pi). This number is represented by phi, the 21st letter of
the Greek alphabet. Phi can only be found by dividing a line segment into two
parts so that -- stay with me here -- the longer part (a), when divided by the
shorter part (b), equals the whole length of the line when divided by the longer
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Aaron Salilin
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part. For example, a phi equation would look like this: a/b = (a+b)/a = 1.618. The
number is interesting mathematically, but it also has a history -- disputed by
some -- of being applied to architecture, art and more. Another ratio, 4:9, had
also been found out during the renovation 1980s. This ratio, and the golden
ratio, both made up the Parthenon

Designing and constructing the Parthenon was the equivalent of

orchestrating a symphony, using many different instruments in perfect harmony.
Although the majestic Parthenon wasn't built on the golden ratio only, the effect
wasn't so different: It remains aesthetically pleasing