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The Fibonacci Sequence

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, …

What do you notice about this sequence of numbers, from the 3rd
number onwards?

If you divide each number in the sequence by the next number,


beginning with the first, an interesting thing appears to occur.
What is it?

1/1 = 1
1/2 = 0.5
2/3 = 0.66666…
5/8 = 0.625
8/13 = 0.61538…
13/21 = 0.61904…

For future reference (maybe ) the Golden Number τ is defined


as
τ = (1+√ 5)/2 = 1.61803…
Note that
1/ τ = 0.61803…
And also that
360°/ τ = 222°.492…

from which we find that


360° - 222°.492… = 137°.507…

This is called the Golden Angle, and it has applications in Botany,


amongst many other things…

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