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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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GOLDEN PROPORTION 2)4)

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The limit to which tends the ratio of two successive numbers of the FIBONACCI series.

The value of the golden proportion (or section) is

It has been considered since Antiquity as reflecting the basic harmonies of nature. A specific angle, the Golden section, i.e. 137°30' corresponds to the Golden proportion.

The so-called and related Golden number is the limit of the series 1/1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/5, 5/8, 8/13, etc., i.e. again:

From the systemic viewpoint it corresponds to the cyclical organization of material structures, as a result of reciprocal influence of fields of forces. It tends to produce helical orderings of elements. It reflects the relation between parts and whole in progressive construction. It also seems related to the fractalization process. It can be encountered in many natural systems. See, for ex. St. DOUADY and Y. COUDER's study on vegetal spirals (1993, p.26-35).

The Russian sociologist A.A. DAVYDOV has researched in the recent years the role of the golden proportion in social systems (1992, p.19-25).

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