The Uses of Irrationality: Paper Sizes and the Golden Ratio
Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College Lectures
The Uses of Irrationality: Paper Sizes and the Golden Ratio
Jan 11, 2011
Gresham College
Is there anything mathematically interesting about the paper sizes we use? We will see that their range of sizes has special features that facilitates their use in Xerox machines. The standard US Letter system of sizes is different and creates problems when you want to reduce copies in size....
