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===Kepler triangle=== Let <math>H,</math> <math>G,</math> and <math>A</math> be the [[harmonic mean]], the [[geometric mean]], and the [[arithmetic mean]] of two positive numbers <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> with <math>a > b.</math> If a right triangle has legs <math>H</math> and <math>G</math> and hypotenuse <math>A,</math> then<ref>Di Domenico, A., "The golden ratio β the right triangle β and the arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means," ''Mathematical Gazette'' 89, July 2005, 261. Also Mitchell, Douglas W., "Feedback on 89.41", vol 90, March 2006, 153β154.</ref> :<math> \frac{A}{H} = \frac{A^{2}}{G^{2}} = \frac{G^{2}}{H^{2}} = \phi, \qquad \frac{a}{b} = \phi^{3}, </math> where <math>\phi = \tfrac12\bigl(1 + \sqrt{5}\bigr)</math> is the [[golden ratio]]. Since the sides of this right triangle are in [[geometric progression]], this is the [[Kepler triangle]].
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