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yet another way in which phi is way cooler than pi

One of the many fascinating properties of the golden ratio φ is that for every positive integer n, there is a unique set of nonconsecutive integer powers of φ that add up to n.

2008 = φ¹⁵ + φ¹³ + φ¹⁰ + 1/φ¹¹ + 1/φ¹⁶

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