SMRTR Science & EngineeringJun 10, 2025John D. Cook

Golden powers revisited

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Golden ratio powers can be expressed as sums of Fibonacci numbers plus a small error term. This relationship explains why these powers are so close to integers. The error decreases exponentially as the power increases, alternating between positive and negative values.

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