diff --git a/go/approximate_phi.go b/go/approximate_phi.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+  "fmt"
+)
+
+func main() {
+  fmt.Println(phi(1000)) // number of iterations
+}
+
+func phi(args... float64) float64 { if  iters := args[0]; iters > 0 { return func() float64 { if len(args) == 1 { return phi(iters - 1, 1 + 1.0 / 1)} else {return phi(iters - 1, 1 + 1.0 / args[1])} }()} else { return args[1]}}
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