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Fibonacci Numbers
Fibonacci numbers date back to an 800-year-old problem concerning the number of offspring born in a single year to a pair of rabbits. This book offers the solution and explores the occurrence of Fibonacci numbers in number theory, continued fractions, and geometry. A discussion of the "golden section" rectangle, in which the lengths of the sides can be expressed as a ration of two successive Fibonacci numbers, draws upon attempts by ancient and medieval thinkers to base aesthetic and philosophical principles on the beauty of these figures. Recreational readers as well as students and teachers will appreciate this light and entertaining treatment of a classic puzzle.
Reprint of the Pergamon Press, Oxford & New York, 1961 edition.
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Fibonacci numbers date back to an 800-year-old problem concerning the number of offspring born in a single year to a pair of rabbits. This book offers the solution and explores the occurrence of Fibonacci numbers in number theory, continued fractions, and geometry. A discussion of the "golden section" rectangle, in which the lengths of the sides can be expressed as a ration of two successive Fibonacci numbers, draws upon attempts by ancient and medieval thinkers to base aesthetic and philosophical principles on the beauty of these figures. Recreational readers as well as students and teachers will appreciate this light and entertaining treatment of a classic puzzle.
Reprint of the Pergamon Press, Oxford & New York, 1961 edition.
golden ratio; greek philosophy; ancient greece; arithmetic; prime number theory; math reference; math and science; breeding rabbits; 800 year old problem; solution to famous math problems; number theory; continued fractions; geometry; golden section; medieval thinkers; philosophical principles; aesthetics and math; beauty in math; recreational reading; classic puzzle; mathematics; number theory; Fibonacci; Fibonacci numbers; Russian mathematics
