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FibonacciSequence

TheFibonacciSequenceistheseriesofnumbers:

0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,...
Thenextnumberisfoundbyaddingupthetwonumbersbeforeit.
The2isfoundbyaddingthetwonumbersbeforeit(1+1)
Similarly,the3isfoundbyaddingthetwonumbersbeforeit(1+2),
Andthe5is(2+3),
andsoon!

Example:thenextnumberinthesequenceaboveis21+34=55

Itisthatsimple!
Hereisalongerlist:
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377,610,987,1597,2584,4181,
6765,10946,17711,28657,46368,75025,121393,196418,317811,...
Canyoufigureoutthenextfewnumbers?

Makes A Spiral
Whenwemakesquareswiththosewidths,wegetanicespiral:

Doyouseehowthesquaresfitneatlytogether?
Forexample5and8make13,8and13make21,andsoon.

The Rule

The Rule
TheFibonacciSequencecanbewrittenasa"Rule"(see SequencesandSeries ).
First,thetermsarenumberedfrom0onwardslikethis:
n=

10

11

xn=

13

21

34

55

89

12

13

14

144 233 377

...
...

Sotermnumber6iscalledx6(whichequals8).

Example:the8thtermis
the7thtermplusthe6thterm:

x8=x7+x6

Sowecanwritetherule:

TheRuleisxn=xn1+xn2
where:
xnistermnumber"n"
xn1isthepreviousterm(n1)
xn2isthetermbeforethat(n2)

Example:term9iscalculatedlikethis:

x9 =x91+x92

=x8+x7

=21+13

=34

Golden Ratio
Andhereisasurprise.Whenwetakeanytwosuccessive(oneaftertheother)Fibonacci
Numbers,theirratioisveryclosetothe GoldenRatio ""whichisapproximately
1.618034...

Infact,thebiggerthepairofFibonacciNumbers,thecloserthe
approximation.Letustryafew:
A

B/A

1.5

1.666666666...

1.6

13

...

...

144

233

1.618055556...

233

377

1.618025751...

...

...

1.625
...

...

Note:thisalsoworkswhenwepicktworandomwholenumberstobeginthesequence,
suchas192and16(wegetthesequence192,16,208,224,432,656,1088,1744,
2832,4576,7408,11984,19392,31376,...):
A

B/A

192

16

16

208

13

208

224

1.07692308...

224

432

1.92857143...

...

...

0.08333333...

...

7408 11984

1.61771058...

11984 19392

1.61815754...

...

...

...

Ittakeslongertogetgoodvalues,butitshowsthatnotjusttheFibonacciSequencecando
this!

Using The Golden Ratio to Calculate Fibonacci Numbers


AndevenmoresurprisingisthatwecancalculateanyFibonacciNumberusingthe
GoldenRatio:

Theansweralwayscomesoutasawholenumber,exactlyequaltotheadditionofthe
previoustwoterms.
Example:

WhenIusedacalculatoronthis(onlyenteringtheGoldenRatioto6decimalplaces)Igot

theanswer8.00000033.Amoreaccuratecalculationwouldbecloserto8.
Tryitforyourself!

A Pattern
HereistheFibonaccisequenceagain:
n=

10

11

xn=

13

21

34

55

89

12

13

14

15

144 233 377 610

...
...

Thereisaninterestingpattern:
Lookatthenumberx3=2.Every3rdnumberisamultipleof2(2,8,34,144,
610,...)
Lookatthenumberx4=3.Every4thnumberisamultipleof3(3,21,144,...)
Lookatthenumberx5=5.Every5thnumberisamultipleof5(5,55,610,...)
Andsoon(everynthnumberisamultipleofxn).

Terms Below Zero


Thesequenceworksbelowzeroalso,likethis:
n=

...

...

xn=

...

...

(Provetoyourselfthateachnumberisfoundbyaddingupthetwonumbersbeforeit!)
Infactthesequencebelowzerohasthesamenumbersasthesequenceabovezero,
excepttheyfollowa++...pattern.Itcanbewrittenlikethis:

xn=(1)n+1xn
Whichsaysthatterm"n"isequalto(1)n+1timesterm"n",andthevalue(1)n+1
neatlymakesthecorrect1,1,1,1,...pattern.

History
Fibonacciwasnotthefirsttoknowaboutthesequence,itwasknowninIndiahundredsof
yearsbefore!

HisrealnamewasLeonardoPisanoBogollo,andhelivedbetween1170and1250inItaly.

About Fibonacci The Man


"Fibonacci"washisnickname,whichroughlymeans"SonofBonacci".
AswellasbeingfamousfortheFibonacciSequence,hehelpedspread
HinduArabicNumerals (likeourpresentnumbers0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
throughEuropeinplaceof RomanNumerals (I,II,III,IV,V,etc).That
hassavedusallalotoftrouble!ThankyouLeonardo.

Fibonacci Day
FibonacciDayisNovember23rd,asithasthedigits"1,1,2,3"whichis
partofthesequence.SonextNov23leteveryoneknow!

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