% fig-ii-11.tex — II.11: cut a line in extreme and mean ratio (golden section). \begin{figure}[H] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.2, line cap=round, line join=round] \coordinate (A) at (0, 0); \coordinate (B) at (3, 0); \coordinate (C) at (0, 3); \coordinate (D) at (3, 3); % Square ABDC on AB. \draw[very thick] (A) -- (B) -- (D) -- (C) -- cycle; % E = midpoint of AC. \coordinate (E) at (0, 1.5); \draw[thin, dashed] (E) -- (B); % F = on AC produced, with EF = EB. EF = sqrt(9 + 2.25) ~ 3.354. \coordinate (F) at (0, {-sqrt(11.25) + 1.5}); \draw[thin] (E) -- (F); % H on AB with AH = AF. \coordinate (H) at ({sqrt(11.25) - 1.5}, 0); \draw[very thick, dotted] (H) -- ($(H)+(0, 3)$); % Labels. \node[above left] at (A) {$A$}; \node[above right] at (B) {$B$}; \node[below right] at (D) {$D$}; \node[below left] at (C) {$C$}; \node[left] at (E) {$E$}; \node[left] at (F) {$F$}; \node[below] at (H) {$H$}; % Arc from F to H (centre A, radius AF). \draw[thin] (F) arc[start angle=270, end angle=360, radius={sqrt(11.25) - 1.5}]; \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Proposition II.11. Square $ABDC$ on $AB$; midpoint $E$ of $AC$; $F$ on the extension of $AC$ with $EF = EB$. Then $AH = AF$ cuts $AB$ in the desired ratio: $AB \cdot HB = AH^2$. This is the golden section.} \label{fig:II.11} \end{figure}