Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers, and the Golden Section
Theory and Applications
Published on 26. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-486-46276-9 (ISBN)
Description
This survey of the use of Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and the ancient principle of the Golden Section covers areas relevant to operational research, statistics, and computational mathematics. 1989 edition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-486-46276-9 (9780486462769)
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Steven Vajda (1901-95) was Visiting Professor of Mathematics at England's Sussex University.
Content
Preface
Introduction
Background
Relationships
Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Section
Fibonacci Series
Divisibility properties
Congruences and uniformity
Continued fractions and convergents
Fibonacci representation
Search and games
Hyperbolic functions and Fibonacci numbers
Meta-Fibonacci sequences (a letter from B. W. Conolly)
The Golden Section in the plane
The Golden Section in three-dimensional space
Appendix
List of formulae
References
Table of Fn and Ln and their prime factors
Index