Fibonacci sequence
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The Fibonacci sequence is:
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,...
Each term is obtained by adding the two previous terms (after the arbitrary start of 0,1). The 0 at the beginning is sometimes omitted. It is named after the 13th century Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, also called Fibonacci, though it is known to have been studied in India much earlier. It is a favorite topic of mathematical hobbyists, as well as professional mathematical study.
The ratio of sequential terms converges to the golden ratio of roughly 1.6.
RationalWiki, theoretically at least, uses the Fibonacci sequence to determine the next block interval for ne'er-do-wells, starting at one minute, one hour, or one day, depending on how well they did ne'er.
[edit] See also
- Fun:Fibonacci to the 1000th place - warning, large article, but really cool in a geek sort of way.
- The Fibonacci Sequence entry at the OEIS - A000045
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