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A divine surprise: The golden mean and the round-oil error

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This article deals with an example of the systematic round-off error that can be encountered in numerical computations. The example is based on the recursion relation used for calculating higher powers of the golden mean. In the process, the link between the golden mean and the Fibonacci sequence also becomes apparent.

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  1. Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology, 721 302, Kharagpur, India

    Sushan Konar

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Konar, S. A divine surprise: The golden mean and the round-oil error. Reson 11, 91–99 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02835734

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