Sunday 19 August 2012



Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Number - ROHITH.J.P- IX B





If we take the ratio of two successive numbers in Fibonacci's series, (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ..) and we divide each by the number before it, we will find the following series of numbers:
1/1 = 1,   2/1 = 2,   3/2 = 1·5,   5/3 = 1·666...,   8/5 = 1·6,   13/8 = 1·625,   21/13 = 1·61538...
It is easier to see what is happening if we plot the ratios on a graph:
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The ratio seems to be settling down to a particular value, which we call the golden ratio or the golden number. It has a value of approximately1·618034 .



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