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Golden Rhombus


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A golden rhombus is a rhombus whose diagonals are in the ratio p/q=phi, where phi is the golden ratio.

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The faces of the acute golden rhombohedron, Bilinski dodecahedron, obtuse golden rhombohedron, rhombic hexecontahedron, and rhombic triacontahedron are golden rhombi.

The half-angle theta is given by

theta=cot^(-1)phi
(1)
=1/2tan^(-1)2
(2)
 approx 0.553574
(3)
 approx 31.7175 degrees
(4)

(OEIS A195693).

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Labeling the smaller interior angle as alpha and the larger as beta, then

 alpha+beta=pi
(5)

and

alpha=2theta
(6)
=cos^(-1)(1/(sqrt(5)))
(7)
=sec^(-1)(sqrt(5))
(8)
=sin^(-1)(2/(sqrt(5)))
(9)
=tan^(-1)2
(10)
=1.10714...
(11)
=63.4349 degrees...
(12)
beta=cos^(-1)(-1/(sqrt(5)))
(13)
=sec^(-1)(-sqrt(5))
(14)
=arg(2i-1)
(15)
=2.0344...
(16)
=116.6550 degrees...
(17)

(OEIS A105199 and A137218).

The diagonal lengths of a golden rhombus with edge length a are given by

p=(2a)/(sqrt(1+phi^(-2)))
(18)
=acsc(pi/5)
(19)
=asqrt(2+2/(sqrt(5)))
(20)
=1.70130...a
(21)
q=(2a)/(sqrt(1+phi^2))
(22)
=acsc((2pi)/5)
(23)
=asqrt(2-2/(sqrt(5)))
(24)
=1.05146...a
(25)

(OEIS A121570 and A179290), the inradius by

 r=a/(sqrt(5)),
(26)

and the area by

 A=(2a^2)/(sqrt(5)).
(27)

See also

Acute Golden Rhombohedron, Bilinski Dodecahedron, Golden Angle, Golden Isozonohedron, Golden Ratio, Golden Rectangle, Golden Rhombohedron, Obtuse Golden Rhombohedron, Rhombic Hexecontahedron, Rhombic Triacontahedron, Rhombus

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References

Kabai, S. Mathematical Graphics I: Lessons in Computer Graphics Using Mathematica. Püspökladány, Hungary: Uniconstant, pp. 177, 179, and 187, 2002.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A105199, A121570, A137218, A179290, and A195693 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Golden Rhombus." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldenRhombus.html

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