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title: Phi
categories:
- personal
content-tags:
- number
---

My favorite number is 1.618033988749894848204586834365638117720309179805762862135448622705260462818902...

Back when I first learned of the [Google
calculator][1], the first "magic constant" I tested for recognition was [Phi][2].  Sure, [e][3] is exponentially cool, and everybody loves [pi][4], but Phi not only [golden][5], but really, really [irrational][6].

   [1]: http://google.blogspace.com/archives/001023
   [2]: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/perfect_spirals_030917.html
   [3]: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/e.html
   [4]: http://aronofksy.tripod.com/pi.html
   [5]: http://dmoz.org/Science/Math/Recreations/Specific_Numbers/phi/
   [6]: http://www.ams.org/new-in-math/cover/irrational1.html
