Monthly Archives: September 2007

Explicit Fibonacci numbers

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Brent

Don’t worry, this post isn’t going to be X-rated! By explicit I mean not recursive. Remember that the Fibonacci numbers are defined recursively, that is, each Fibonacci number is given in terms of previous ones: . Doesn’t it make you … Continue reading →

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Golden powers

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Brent

So, we know from a previous challenge that . That’s a pretty interesting property, which is shared only by its cousin, . I wonder whether other powers of have special properties too? Let’s see: Interesting! What about ? And ? … Continue reading →

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Challenge #10 Solution

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Brent

Have you tried solving Challenge #10 yet? Go try it first if you haven’t. It’s not too hard, I promise!

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Golden ratio properties (Challenge #10)

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Brent

Remember the golden ratio, (phi)? It’s the positive solution to the equation , which can be found using the quadratic formula: Closely related is its cousin, (phi-hat) . As we’ll see, these famous constants actually relate to Fibonacci numbers in … Continue reading →

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