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Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Section Insights

This webpage introduces the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section, and the Golden string. The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the previous two, starting with 0 and 1. The Golden section numbers are ratios related to the Fibonacci numbers and Golden string, which is a binary sequence closely related to the Fibonacci numbers and Golden section. The page provides links to pages on how these mathematical concepts appear in nature.

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Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Section Insights

This webpage introduces the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section, and the Golden string. The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the previous two, starting with 0 and 1. The Golden section numbers are ratios related to the Fibonacci numbers and Golden string, which is a binary sequence closely related to the Fibonacci numbers and Golden section. The page provides links to pages on how these mathematical concepts appear in nature.

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Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section

This is the Home page for Dr Ron Knott's multimedia web site on


the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section and the Golden string
hosted by the Mathematics Department of the University of Surrey,
UK.
The Fibonacci numbers are
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... (add the last two to get the next)

The golden section numbers are

0·61803 39887... = phi = ϕ and


1·61803 39887... = Phi = Φ = 1 + phi = 1/phi

The golden string is

1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 ...
a sequence of 0s and 1s that is closely related to the Fibonacci
numbers and the golden section.

If you want a quick introduction then have a look at the first link on


the Fibonacci numbers and where they appear in Nature.

THIS PAGE is the Menu page linking to other pages at this site on
the Fibonacci numbers and related topics above.

What's New? - the FIBLOG


1 January 2020: To mark the New Year
a new page introducing from scratch

Integer Sums or Partitions of an integer

with Calculators; leading to a simple equation


involving the Pentagonal Numbers
that even Euler found remarkable and could not explain

Looking for something specific on these Maths pages?


Fibonacci Numbers and Golden sections in
Nature
Ron Knott was on Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time on BBC Radio 4,
November 29, 2007 when we discussed The Fibonacci
Numbers (45 minutes). You can  listen again online or download
the podcast. It is a useful general introduction to the Fibonacci
Numbers and the Golden Section.

 Fibonacci Numbers and Nature


Fibonacci and the original problem about rabbits where the series
first appears, the family trees of cows and bees, the golden ratio
and the Fibonacci series, the Fibonacci Spiral and sea shell shapes,
branching plants, flower petal and seeds, leaves and petal
arrangements, on pineapples and in apples, pine cones and leaf
arrangements. All involve the Fibonacci numbers - and here's how
and why.
 The Golden section in Nature
Continuing the theme of the first page but with specific reference
to why the golden section appears in nature. Now with a
Geometer's Sketchpad dynamic demonstration.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987 ..More.. 

The Puzzling World of Fibonacci Numbers

A pair of pages with plenty of playful problems to perplex the


professional and the part-time puzzler!

 The Easier Fibonacci Puzzles page


has the Fibonacci numbers in brick wall patterns, Fibonacci bee
lines, seating people in a row and the Fibonacci numbers again,
giving change and a game with match sticks and even with
electrical resistance and lots more puzzles all involve the Fibonacci
numbers!
 The Harder Fibonacci Puzzles page
still has problems where the Fibonacci numbers are the answers -
well, all but ONE, but WHICH one? If you know the Fibonacci Jigsaw
puzzle where rearranging the 4 wedge-shaped pieces makes an
additional square appear, did you know the same puzzle can be
rearranged to make a different shape where a square
now disappears?
For these puzzles, I do not know of any simple explanations
of why the Fibonacci numbers occur - and that's 

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