Thursday, August 12, 2010

FIBONACCI NUMBERS


In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the following sequence:

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, .....

What's so damn extraordinary about the Fibonacci Sequence is that its found in the nature of plants and animals. Its also believed that the ancient Incas used it in their calculations. Today it is used in algorithms and other computer calculating programs.

By definition, the first two Fibonacci numbers are 0 and 1, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two. Some sources omit the initial 0, instead beginning the sequence with two 1s.

A simple definition of this mathematical phenomenon as follows:

The recurring sums are arrived at by adding the sums of the previous two equations.

0+1=1
1+1=2
1+2=3
2+3=5
3+5=8
5+8=13
8+13=21
13+21=34

And then it gets much deeper..................Nature Deep!

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