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In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each element is the sum of the two elements that precede it. Numbers that are part of the Fibonacci sequence are known as Fibonacci numbers , commonly denoted F n .
In this section we shall use the Fibonacci Box in place of the primitive triple it represents. An infinite ternary tree containing all primitive Pythagorean triples/Fibonacci Boxes can be constructed by the following procedure. [10] Consider a Fibonacci Box containing two, odd, coprime integers x and y in the right-hand column.
The semi-Fibonacci sequence (sequence A030067 in the OEIS) is defined via the same recursion for odd-indexed terms (+) = + and () =, but for even indices () = (), . The bisection A030068 of odd-indexed terms s ( n ) = a ( 2 n − 1 ) {\displaystyle s(n)=a(2n-1)} therefore verifies s ( n + 1 ) = s ( n ) + a ( n ) {\displaystyle s(n+1)=s(n)+a(n ...
The integer dimensions of the parts of the puzzle (2, 3, 5, 8, 13) are successive Fibonacci numbers, which leads to the exact unit area in the thin parallelogram. Many other geometric dissection puzzles are based on a few simple properties of the Fibonacci sequence.
The reciprocal Fibonacci constant ψ is the sum of the reciprocals of the Fibonacci numbers: = = = + + + + + + + +. Because the ratio of successive terms tends to the reciprocal of the golden ratio, which is less than 1, the ratio test shows that the sum converges.
For generalized Fibonacci sequences (satisfying the same recurrence relation, but with other initial values, e.g. the Lucas numbers) the number of occurrences of 0 per cycle is 0, 1, 2, or 4. The ratio of the Pisano period of n and the number of zeros modulo n in the cycle gives the rank of apparition or Fibonacci entry point of n.
The book examines several topics in number theory, among them an inductive method for finding Pythagorean triples based on the sequence of odd integers, the fact that the sum of the first odd integers is , and the solution to the congruum problem. [7]
For example, the problem of computing the Fibonacci sequence exhibits overlapping subproblems. The problem of computing the n th Fibonacci number F ( n ), can be broken down into the subproblems of computing F ( n − 1) and F ( n − 2), and then adding the two.