Fibonacci

Fibonacci
Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, (1170 1250) also known as Leonardo of Pisa, Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented western mathematician of the Middle Ages. Leonardo Fibonacci was born in Pisa, Italy, a commercial city around 1170 AD. He compiled and supplemented the mathematical knowledge of classical, Arabic, and Indian cultures, and who made contributions to the mathematical fields of algebra and number theory. When Fibonacci was about 20, he went to Algeria, where he began to learn Indian numerals and Arabic calculating methods during more extensive travels. He recognized that arithmetic with Hindu-Arabic numerals is simpler and more efficient than with Roman numerals. Fibonacci used this experience to improve on the commercial computing techniques he knew and to extend the work of classical mathematical writers, such as the Greek mathematicians Diophantus and Euclid. Leonardo returned from his travels around 1200. In 1202, at age 32, he published what he had learned in Liber Abaci (Book of Abacus or Book of Calculation), and thereby introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals to Europe. Leonardo became an amicable guest of the Emperor Frederick II, who enjoyed mathematics and science. In 1240 the Republic of Pisa honored Leonardo, referred to as Leonardo Bigollo, by granting him a salary, indicating the importance accorded to his work and also, possibly, public service to the city's administration.. In the 19th century, a statue of Fibonacci was constructed and erected in Pisa. Fibonacci is best known to the modern world for: The spreading of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in Europe, primarily through the publication in the early 13th century of his Book of Calculation, the Liber Abaci. A number sequence named after him known as the Fibonacci numbers, which he did not discover but used as an example in the Liber Abaci.
Origin
The Fibonacci sequence was well known in ancient India, where it was applied to the metrical sciences (prosody), before it was known in Europe. Developments have been attributed to Pingala (200 BCE), Virahanka (6th century CE), Gopla (c.1135 CE), and Hemachandra (c.1150 CE). In the West, the sequence was studied by Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, in his Liber Abaci (1202). He considers the growth of an idealised (biologically unrealistic) rabbit population, assuming that: a newly-born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a field; rabbits are able to mate at the age of one month so that at the end of its second month a female can produce another pair of rabbits; rabbits never die and a mating pair always produces one new pair (one male, one female) every month from the second month on. The puzzle that Fibonacci posed was: how many pairs will there be in one year? At the end of the first month, they mate, but there is still only 1 pair. At the end of the second month the female produces a new pair, so now there are 2 pairs of rabbits in the field. At the end of the third month, the original female produces a second pair, making 3 pairs in all in the field. At the end of the fourth month, the original female has produced yet another new pair, the female born two months ago produces her first pair also, making 5 pairs.
At the end of the nth month, the number of pairs of rabbits is equal to the number of new pairs (which is the number of pairs in month n-2) plus the number of pairs alive last month. This is the nth Fibonacci number.
Month 1 2 M F F F F F M F 3 M M F F F F 4 M M M
M F
Formula: Fn = Fn-1+Fn-2 ; n>1
Fibonacci Series
A series beginning 0, 1 ... continues as 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so forth which he studied is called Fibonacci series. Each term of this series is called a Fibonacci numberthe first two Fibonacci numbers are 0 and 1, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two. But there are some sources omit the initial 0, instead beginning the sequence with two 1s.
A tiling with squares whose sides are successive Fibonacci numbers in length
List Of Fibonacci Numbers The first 21 Fibonacci numbers also denoted as Fn, for n = 0, 1, 2, ... ,20 are:
F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19 F20
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765

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Formula: Fn = Fn-1+Fn-2 ; n>1

0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765

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