At the end of this non-exiguous research work, made up of in-depth study, improvisation and more or less exciting surprises, convinced that I had exhausted every useful or necessary argument, I was destined to discover precisely by virtue of the insistent checks, that I could have directly used the formula adopted for accuracy comparisons, as the only actual realization.
the perfect storm
A storm due to my distance from the school grounds, made up of tensions protracted day after day, which perhaps transpires from these pages, due to the insecurity deriving from the vortex in which I had trapped myself with such ease, has transformed inspiration as in a flash of bubbly that suddenly recompose in the calm of the resolution.
This is how I define the unique parametric formula, the simplest and most efficient – which some authors announced rather complicated than that of polar coordinates – without limits of integer or fractional degree, nor of approximations other than those of calculators.
In short, a flat equation, extremely concise and immediately applicable, which robs my mind of the courage to wonder why I never thought of it before:
R = Φ ±P/nR = φ ±P/n
±P represents a Point, or Position or Process or Plot of the spiral, a real, integer or fractional, positive or negative number, ideally the degree, but of an infinite scale beyond ±360°, since as I said before it is the strong point of the formula: represents an angle in degrees, of the series:
for (var P = 1; P<= SpirLen; P += 1) converted by the calculator into module of 360 for the computation of < CODE class=baseMd>sin() and cos(), but with the absolute privilege of keeping the length reached by the radius for the number of rotations involved .
In this operating context the π does not intervene, if only for the fact that in no point the radius is equal to another; and if it is present in formulas that define the golden spiral – except serve for the conversion of radians to degrees – it is an inappropriate or unnecessary use.
Naturally P, always positive, applied to Φ will render one spiral in contraction, and one in expansion at φ.
In the first case it tends to the Start point, that single point, according to the Standard Cosmological Model, in which the Universe was so small as to remain unimaginably concentrated.
Called a “Singularity,” it contained all the mass and energy that make up the known Universe, in inconceivable density.
It would be the Big Bounce, which would have preceded the inflation of the Big Bang, the second case in our showcase, vector of a boundless expansion.
Just like at the 'extremes' of the spiral.
At the minimum center of the PDF (max. zoom) a portion of the spiral added in a thin line is visible using the first of the two partitions (Φ - its numbers will be visible in the PDF), while the rest is the result of the second (φ).
n represents the number of golden circles that, according to my notation, a complete spire/revolution must cover, or if you want to cross; let's say its 'golden step', resulting from the form: 360/1, 360/2, 360/3, 360/4.
In the most classic case practiced, starting from a point of the spiral whose radius is R = 1, at 450° we will have the Radius:
R = φ±450/90 = 11, 090169943749474234011639053357
at 451° we will have the Radius: 11.149625650030747658140248563255
e così via.
No special constant is needed, being able to modulate with 360°, 180°, 120°, 90° etc. whatever step and degree you want; and the result will be what it must be to trace each golden spiral exactly.
To obtain the Cartesian coordinates of the intersection points with the axes it is obviously enough to apply the desired angle to the formulas, and the radius will correspond to x (with sin() = 1) or y (with cos() = 1).
Such essential data can be read out with the [quad#] button for each curve type. Is this perhaps the alternative? or this, in its entirety? among the most reliable.
Let's examine in detail this distinction of types of golden spiral, one more harmonious and expressive than the other, a distinction raised since the first discovery and disclosure of the four circles delimiting the large triangle (year 2002), with diameters scaled φ expanding, or Φ contracting,
(see also pages 9 and 13 of the Treaty)
which, concentric, highlighted certain characteristics of the golden evolution, especially in the architecture of the Śrī\ Chakra yantra, already mentioned (and downloadable); so:
the most compact, whose coils intersect at zero degree each successive golden circle every 360°, amplifying in circular length in the ratio φ.
The angle of intersections with the background golden circles can vary according to the radius and scaling of the background, but always responds in step.
Golden spiral at the step of one golden circle
The figure gives an example of the golden increment applied to each full 360° rotation, which is equivalent to expanding the circumference from the radius of one concentric circle to the next (or previous) one standing in the golden proportion.
It is the complete ~volute circumference at 360° in fact that in this mode involves a total increase φ at each turn, according to the same diameters of the concentric golden circles.
In the background, partial profiles of the concentric golden circles appear in the dashed line and, only with the extended zoom from the PDF, can we read some values of the radii at the angular intersections of the x and y axes (perhaps the browser zoom will not be enough), as well as the grid of the rectangles.
Since the increment constant adopted here, for the most general consensus, applied directly to the 3rd type mentioned (as 4. at the console; φ as we shall see), for this script it is subject to the fixed reduction of4√α.
It is a spiral conformation, like the following one with a double step, perhaps easily recognizable in certain physical-chemical or biological processes, although it does not replace the expected golden spiral.
Posthumous insert 2023 - 1st trial
the most compact golden spiral is
for
the slowest land invertebrate
At the last stages of this research – intended to demonstrate the complete independence of the golden spiral from the one commonly defined as logarithmic, as well as of the natural golden ratio from Nepero's numerical artifice – I will have implemented an interactive dashboard, first to be able to experiment with the golden spiral models defined here, with various stages of equipment, and subsequently a more advanced one, which would allow for uploading images on which to experiment with each type of spiral proposed.
Once the work has been completed and tested, this is the right showcase for some results that prove the validity of the statements.
The second, intermediate, whose coils are amplified in circular length in the ratio φ at every 180°, thus jumping from a golden circle to intersect each 2nd successive circle in golden ratio at the same starting degree.
Golden spiral at the step of two golden circlesIt was also obtainable with a linear increase of the radius, multiplied at each degree by the above constant, in this case reduced to 2√α to double the pace of the first. It is a mediation between Φ and φ, which reflects on each horizon, or axis, a golden ratio balanced in alternating symmetry between the various points of intersection: 0.618 · 1 · 1.618
and after 180°: 1.618 · 1 · 0.618. In the PDF it is easy to compare at the beginning of the spiral the mirroring positions of the modules φ with the previous ones.
The n°3. (fourth in table order), whose coils are amplified by circular length in the ratio φ at every 120°, thus jumping from a circle to intersect each 3rd successive circle in the golden ratio at the same degree, it does not present particular outstanding motifs.
The same can be observed with the 270° divider [5.*], where the spiral reaches the next 3rd golden circle with four revolutions. Of this I leave the vision to the interactive test.
It was also the result of a linear increase in the radius, which from 1 will be φ at 120°, multiplied at each degree by a constant in this case a (4√α)3.
I don't know how significant it could be, since the priority ratio is 1=>2=>4 doubling, not 1, 2, 3, 4; but it is worth highlighting the flexibility of the formula and perhaps of the research.
It can be considered a proportion worthy of carrying over, integrating the golden series which evidently is not limited to a single expression of φ, however supported for its more immediate discovery.
Posthumous insert 2023 - 2nd trial
Fossil with golden spiral, with
φ rhythm of 3 golden circles/4
The 3. and the 6., thus marked in button order, seemed to have no peculiarity; but articulating on multiples of φ, we might as well make them visible in order to be able to compare them in nature.
But from a search among the alternative photos to the many Nautiluses, and immediately available, here is a confirmation of the 6th, older than our geometry, which can indeed replace the graph.
Here again is a snail with a compatible spiral, but which extends on the outer side probably due to the three-dimensional perspective which hides the greater development in depth of the greater volute, which is less and less visible in the photo, indeed it is almost squashed.
What an admirable performance this guy!
again φ at each 3rd golden circle with four revolutions.
Its conformation, initially taken as secondary or accessory, turns out to be one of the most recurrent, at least among some animal forms, while the vegetal ones tend to expand much more widely, probably in accordance with a more rapid and extensive development.
Its connection between 3 and 4 cannot fail to underline a fortiori the seasonal quadruplicity of the four Elements which is configured by articulating on the three levels of the zodiacal circuit.