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The Diagonal of a Regular Pentagon
Abstract
We demonstrate the well-known fact that the diagonal of a unit regular pentagon has length the golden ratio. While similar to other proofs, we provide a novel figure that we believe is particularly well-suited to achieve full understanding at a glance.
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BibTeX
@misc{mcquillan2026diagonal,
title = {{The Diagonal of a Regular Pentagon}},
author = {Dan McQuillan},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.18903},
eprint = {2610.18903},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.18903},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - The Diagonal of a Regular Pentagon
AU - Dan McQuillan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/11
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.18903
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.18903
AB - We demonstrate the well-known fact that the diagonal of a unit regular pentagon has length the golden ratio. While similar to other proofs, we provide a novel figure that we believe is particularly well-suited to achieve full understanding at a glance.
ER -