>> I can't actually think of a *use* for Fibonacci numbers, come to think >> of it.> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number#Applications> > One thing where I know it is also used is in predicting currency> market fluctuations.
Their appearence in Pascal's triangle might make them useful,
possibly... The rest looks mainly like theoretical uses.
I know the *ratio* of consecutive numbers approaches the golden mean -
but there are much easier ways to compute that.
Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I know the *ratio* of consecutive numbers approaches the golden mean -> but there are much easier ways to compute that.
You don't need to compute that, it's (1+sqrt(5))/2 ;-)
Regards Roman
From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Fibonacci
Date: 7 Sep 2006 07:19:37
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>> I can't actually think of a *use* for Fibonacci numbers, come to think of > it.
see:
news://news.povray.org/39B44A76.2ECBA98A%40online.no
Thomas
Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I can't actually think of a *use* for Fibonacci numbers, come to think> of it.
Someone posted this link recently, and I found it quite fascinating...
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#seeds
Ken W.