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  • Question
    Is "Fibonacci" an English word?
    Danoyachtcapt
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    No, it is the name of mathematician Leonardo of Pisa.
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    How do I deduce Binet's fibonacci number formula?
    Orangejews
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    One way is to interpret the recursion as a matrix multiplication. Take a vector of two consecutive terms like (13, 8), multiply by a transition matrix M = (1,1; 1,0) to get the next such vector (21,13). That gives a formula involving M^n, but if you diagonalize M, computing M^n is easy and that formula pops right out.
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    Who discovered this sequence?
    WOOHP
    Community Answer
    Leonardo Bonacci
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    What are ways to write a ratio?
    Donagan
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    A:B, A/B, or "A to B."
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    Why does it have two 1's at the start?
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    This is just by definition. Some people even define the sequence to start with 0, 1. You'll still get the same numbers, though.
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    Is it possible for -2,-2 could be the first two terms in a Fibonacci sequence?
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    No, because then you would get -4 for the third term. -2 + -2 = -4.
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    What is the 40th term in the Fibonacci Sequence?
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    The answer is 102,334,155. Where 41 is used instead of 40 because we do not use f-zero in the sequence. You can work this out using any online Fibonacci calculator.
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    What is the square root of minus one (-1)?
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    The answer is the portal to the world of "imaginary numbers". It is written as the letter "i".
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    How is the Fibonacci sequence used in arts?
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    There may be more examples, but it is often used when you have spokes on a wheel. For instance, you'll often see wheels on a car with 3, 5, or 8 spokes, because it is visually appealing. You also may see fans with 3 or 5 blades. If you take into account the golden ration (Approx. 1.62) which is correlated to the Fibonacci sequence, (see method 2) then you have even more applications. One example is that a lot of rectangle portraits have side lengths with a ratio equal to the golden ratio. It is also often used in drawing composition, by placing the main focuses on a spiral that is defined by the golden ratio (This is called the Golden Spiral).
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