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Fibonacci Numbers
โ Scribed by Nicolai N. Vorobiev
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 178
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 3
Foreword......Page 4
Intro......Page 7
1 Simplest Properties of Fibonacci Nums......Page 10
2 Number-Theory Properties of Fib Nums......Page 56
3 Fibonacci Nums & Continued Fractions......Page 93
4 Fibonacci Numbers & Geometry......Page 128
5 Fibonacci Numbers & Search Theory......Page 151
Index......Page 177
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<p><P>Since their discovery hundreds of years ago, people have been fascinated by the wondrous properties of Fibonacci numbers. Being of mathematical significance in their own right, Fibonacci numbers have had an impact on areas like art and architecture, and their traces can be found in nature and
The most ubiquitous, and perhaps the most intriguing, number pattern in mathematics is the Fibonacci sequence. In this simple pattern beginning with two ones, each succeeding number is the sum of the two numbers immediately preceding it (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ad infinitum). Far from being just a