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The Golden Rectangle and two equiangular spirals

We can see that some vertices of the golden rectangles of this construction are in an equiangular spiral.

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The golden spiral
The golden spiral is a good approximation of an equiangular spiral.
Coxeter ask to prove ("Introduction to Geometry" p 196) that the other vertices also are in another equiangular spiral.

Golden Ratio: The golden rectangle and two equiangular spirals | matematicasVisuales
Golden Ratio: The golden rectangle and two equiangular spirals | matematicasVisuales

This second golden spiral is homotetic to the initial golden spiral.

This second golden spiral is congruent by rotation to the initial golden spiral.

In the next animation we can see the rotation that transforms one spiral into the other.

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REFERENCES

Coxeter H. S. M. - Introduction to Geometry (John Whiley and Sons, Second Edition, 1969)

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