sorry, I'm lost :
You say "the golden ratio has the smallest possible Lagrange number, namely √5", yet F > sqrt(5)...
And you also say, "F is a Lagrange number and F is the smallest with this property" (I understand 'this property' to be 'a lagrange number').
What did I misunderstand?
Nat Schaeffer
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2026-05-09 22:21:10 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…ydlt
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