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![]() Integer sequence An integer sequence is a sequence (i.e. an infinite list) of integers. An integer sequence may be specified explicitly by giving a formula for its n-th term, or implicitly by giving a relationship between its terms. For example, the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... (the Fibonacci sequence) is formed by starting with two ones and then adding any two consecutive terms to obtain the next one: an implicit description. The sequence 0, 3, 8, 15, ... is formed according to the formula n2 - 1 for the n-th term: an explicit definition. 1/1 = 1.0000 1/2 = 0.5000 2/3 = 0.6667 3/5 = 0.6000 5/8 = 0.6250 8/13 = 0.6154 13/21 = 0.6190 21/34 = 0.6176 34/55 = 0.6182 55/89 = 0.6180 89/144 = 0.6181 144/233 = 0.6180 233/377 = 0.6180 As we go further and further along the sequence of Fibonacci fractions, their decimal digits settle down. If we kept track of twenty decimal digits, and went out a lot further out in the sequence, we would find that the number settles down to 0.61803398874989484820. What is this number 0.61803...? It is one of the most amazing numbers in the universe. We can see it in the mystical pentagram which we construct by taking five equally spaced points around a circle and joining them in all possible ways |
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