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Antaletriangle · 02-16-2009, 11:09 AM

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THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE

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1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 … this is the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence, an infinite string of numbers named after, but not invented by, the 13th century Italian mathematician Fibonacci. It may seem like a piece of mathematical arcania, but the Fibonacci sequence is found to appear, time and time again, among the structures of the natural world and even in the products of human culture. From the Parthenon to pine cones, from the petals on a sunflower to the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, the Fibonacci sequence seems to be written into the world around us.

Contributors

Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford

Jackie Stedall, Junior Research Fellow in History of Mathematics at Queen’s College, Oxford

Ron Knott, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Surrey
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02-16-2009, 11:09 AM	#17
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: Fibonacci Reborn http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/...20071129.shtml Listen to this progamme again in full above-Melvyn Bragg-"In our time". THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE Find out more about this subject by using our research page 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 … this is the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence, an infinite string of numbers named after, but not invented by, the 13th century Italian mathematician Fibonacci. It may seem like a piece of mathematical arcania, but the Fibonacci sequence is found to appear, time and time again, among the structures of the natural world and even in the products of human culture. From the Parthenon to pine cones, from the petals on a sunflower to the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, the Fibonacci sequence seems to be written into the world around us. Contributors Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford Jackie Stedall, Junior Research Fellow in History of Mathematics at Queen’s College, Oxford Ron Knott, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Surrey http://www.aetheraware.org/main.php Some of the viewers comments are quite positive on this programme. Last edited by Antaletriangle; 02-16-2009 at 11:18 AM.