Essay Archive - Fibonacci Numbers
Fibonacci Numbers
The Fibonacci numbers were first discovered by a man named Leonardo
Pisano. He was known by his nickname, Fibonacci. The Fibonacci sequence is a
sequence in which each term is the sum of the 2 numbers preceding it. The first
10 Fibonacci numbers are: (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89). These numbers
are obviously recursive.
Fibonacci was born around 1170 in Italy, and he died around 1240 in
Italy. He played an important role in reviving ancient mathematics and made
significant contributions of his own. Even though he was born in Italy he was
educated in North Africa wh....
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