Wow My son just rattled them off to me 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21... ""In mathematical terms, the sequence Fn of Fibonacci numbers is defined by the recurrence relationcompletely off topic....
For the cerebral types out there...
Do you ever watch or listen to the talks on TED.org? They are 5-20 minute talks on anything from social issues to applications astro-physics to photography ind its inspirations.
I get an email each week with a new talk. This mornings was on Fibonacci Numbers by a guy called Arthur Benjamin. His previous talk was called Magemathics. I watched him perform the square of a 5 digit number in his head. I can calculate the square of a 3 digit number with a lot of groaning but this guy can do it faster than audience participants with a calculator.
Sensational
They are also found in natural objects like flowers and The pattern in a Nautilus shell. The first writings about them were in Sanskrit....
Wikipedia article on it the above quote is from that article
I cannot imagine being able to do any of it in my head.....
I do watch the Ted Talks occasionally but right now my sound has gremlins in it... Pretty interesting stuff...
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