UNIT III — MATHEMATICAL & PROPORTIONAL SUMMARY

Exact Symbolic Classification, Means & Golden Section Identities

1. Boethian Fivefold Classification (classify_boethian_ratio)

Given reduced coprime positive integers $p \neq q$, let $M = \max(p, q)$, $m = \min(p, q)$, and write $M = q_{\text{div}} m + r$ with $0 \le r < m$:

Complete Partition of Positive Rational Ratios

Quotient / Remainder

Greater Genus ($p > q$)

Lesser Genus ($p < q$)

Canonical Example

$r = 0, \; q_{\text{div}} \ge 2$

multiplex

submultiplex

$12:4 = 3:1$ (tripla)

$q_{\text{div}} = 1, \; r = 1$

superparticularis

subsuperparticularis

$9:6 = 3:2$ (sesquialtera)

$q_{\text{div}} = 1, \; r > 1$

superpartiens

subsuperpartiens

$5:3$ (superbipartiens tertias)

$q_{\text{div}} \ge 2, \; r = 1$

multiplex superparticularis

submultiplex superparticularis

$5:2$ (dupla sesquialtera)

$q_{\text{div}} \ge 2, \; r > 1$

multiplex superpartiens

submultiplex superpartiens

$11:4$ (dupla supertripartiens quartas)

2. Semicircle Three Means & Cross-Ratio (construct_three_means)

For distinct positive lengths $a, b > 0$:

$$A = \frac{a + b}{2}, \qquad G = \sqrt{ab}, \qquad H = \frac{2ab}{a + b}, \qquad G^2 = A \cdot H, \qquad A - G = \frac{(\sqrt{a} - \sqrt{b})^2}{2} > 0$$

Collinear points $O=(0,0)$, $P_b=(b,0)$, $P_H=(H,0)$, $P_a=(a,0)$ form an exact harmonic range with projective cross-ratio $(P_b, P_a; P_H, O) = -1$.

3. Extreme and Mean Ratio of $10$ (construct_extreme_and_mean_ratio)

  • Continuous Proportion: $10 : (\sqrt{125} - 5) = (\sqrt{125} - 5) : (15 - \sqrt{125}) = \phi = \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}$.

  • Euclidean Rectangle Identity (:just:`II.11`): $10 \cdot (15 - \sqrt{125}) = (\sqrt{125} - 5)^2 = 150 - 50\sqrt{5}$.

  • First Marvelous Effect (:just:`XIII.1`): $(\text{Major} + 5)^2 = 125 = 5 \cdot 5^2$.