Golden Ratio in The India-England Series

[Dhondy]

Maths buffs need no explanation regarding the golden ratio. It is said to exist if the ratio between the sum of two numbers and the larger number is equal to the ratio of the larger number to the smaller number. Thus, A/B= A+B/A. The golden ratio= 1.618 (approximately) and is an amazing number. It is present in nature in the sprouting of branches along the stems of trees, in the spirals of sunflower petals, in the human body as the ratio between your height and the length of your legs (approximately). It formed the basis for the design of Egyptian pyramids and in the making of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. It is also the basis for the Fibonacci sequence. It's made its appearance in the current series between India and England. In the first Test, victorious India made 241 and 387. Divide 387 by 241 and you get the golden ratio, or pretty damn near...1.606. Fast forward to the ongoing Test. India made 453. England are currently on 282. You get the exact same ratio again...1.606, down to the third decimal point. Coincidence or what?

[goose]

fking amazing

[Dirty_South]

:hatsoff:

[punjabi_khota]

Hahaha...that is striking.

[goose]

dhondy make you proud. boom boom !

[fineleg]

Doc, How did you catch onto this? Were you just playing around with the numbers in 1st inn scores? wow! good one. oh, and how is Mona Lisa connected to this? very interesting.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Holysmoke]

Coincidence or what?

Yes. It'd be freaky if England was dismissed for 282.. but this isnt a big deal. If you're looking for something like this, more often than not you find it.

[ludhianvi]

very nice observation... :hatsoff: P.S Btw, its assumed that this ratio is aesthetically pleasing and that it may have been used in Mona Lisa, to me it seems Da Vinci messed up somewhere as Mona Lisa doesnt look aesthetically pleasing :cantstop:

[fineleg]

very nice observation... :hatsoff: P.S Btw, its assumed that this ratio is aesthetically pleasing and that it may have been used in Mona Lisa, to me it seems Da Vinci messed up somewhere as Mona Lisa doesnt look aesthetically pleasing :cantstop:

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[Anakin]

Very keen observation Dr. Holmes :--D

[Online]

Yes. It'd be freaky if England was dismissed for 282.. but this isnt a big deal. If you're looking for something like this' date=' more often than not you find it.[/quote'] ditto

[Sachinism]

Interesting but England's innings isn't over

[sandeep]

:yawn2:

[varun]

coincidence of course ;-) Am a big golden ratio buff, but applying it here is stretching it :P

[flamy]

36-28-36

[Ram]

The first instance was quite good. But the second instance of quoting an ongoing innings seems a bit dodgy to me. That being the case, there is bound to atleast one instance every other time where this ratio can be applied to most innings combinations.

[Bumper]

Brilliant observation! Wonder how this struck you ? Its not easy to look at a few score cards & think of this thing.

[Dhondy]

It's just a hobby guys. Quite sad, I admit. Arrange the indiviual scores in the England innings in ascending order, and you get the exact first seven numbers of the Fibonacci sequence. 0,1,1, 2,3,5,8 The highest score of the innings is also part of Fibonacci's memorable sequence....144. That leaves four numbers, including extras- add up three of them and you damn near get another Fibonacci number...89. That just leaves Cook's 50 as the odd man out. Spoilsport.

[diegovegaz]

this is indeed an interesting observation it seems more than a coincident, somewhat a .........well, what do i call it??