Nested square root representation of the golden ratio φpic.twitter.com/nYIUqCsw0w
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My maths background isn't strong, so someone correct me if I'm talking nonsense, but isn't the idea of a 'starting point' kind of weird here, since the 'initial value' is buried infinitely far in the expression...?
you've got to create a sequence of n_nested roots and take the limit
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Okay that makes sense, thanks
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Wait, isn't there still ambiguity in the nested sqrt notation in what the intended 1st element of that sequence is? It's clear that the sequence is xₙ₊₁ = √(c+xₙ), but less clear what the intended x₀ is
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