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Presumably the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle.
by xrisk 2y ago
Presumably the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle.
- gilleain 2y agoIndeed. Related is the Ammann-Beenker tiling and it's connections to the 'Silver Ratio' of sqrt(2) + 1. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_ratio * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammann%E2%80%93Beenker_tiling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammann%E2%80%93Beenker_tiling
- hinkley 2y agoHypotenuse of a 1x2 unit right triangle, to be precise. By Pythagoras, the square root of any sum of squares can be drawn trivially with a compass and a straight edge. So 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 17, etc