Section 5.

Fibonaccis Problem

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 Fibonacci
(Leonardo de Pisa)
1170-1240

And this mans claim to fame is ?

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 Rabbit Rules
1. All pairs of rabbits consist of a male and female
2. One pair of newborn rabbits is placed in hutch on
January 1
3. When this pair is 2 months old they produce a pair of
baby rabbits
4. Every month afterwards they produce another pair
5. All rabbits produce pairs in the same manner
6. Rabbits dont die

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 The Fibonacci Rabbit Problem

How many pairs of rabbits will there be 12

months later?

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How many pairs of rabbits will there be on
June 1?

100%

1. 5
2. 7
3. 8
4. 11
5. 13
0% 0% 0% 0%

11

13
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Jan 1 0

1
Feb 1

2
Mar 1 0

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 2
Mar 1 0

Apr 1 3
1 0

4
May 1 2 1 0

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 3 1 0
Apr 1
4 2 1 0 0
May 1

5 3 2 1 1
June 1

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 Generalize

Pairs this Pairs last Pairs of

month = month + newborns

Pairs this Pairs last Pairs 2

month = month + months ago

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 Pattern of the Sequence
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34,

Rule: Every term is the of the two preceding terms

So the answer to the original problem is .

Joke
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The 16th term of the Fibonacci sequence is 987
and the 17th term is 1597. What is the 19th term?

1. 2584 100%

2. 4181

3. 6765

0% 0%

84

81

65
25

41

67
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Change Fibonaccis problem slightly so that each pair of
adult rabbits produces 2 pairs per litter. Which recursion
formula best describes the rabbit population?

1. This month = Last month + (Two months ago)

2. This month = Last month + 2*(Two months ago)
3. This month = 2*Last month + (Two months ago)

33%
33%
33%

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As in the last problem assume that each pair produces 2 pairs
per litter from the second month on.

How many pairs will there be in 5 months?

1. 8

2. 10

3. 11

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New Problem: Assume each pair of adult rabbits produces
one pair monthly from the 4th month on. Which recursive
formula best describes the rabbit population?

1. This month = Last month + (Four months ago)

2. This month = Last month + 3*(Four months ago)
3. This month = Last month + 4*(Four months ago)

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As in last problem, assume each pair of adult rabbits
produces one pair monthly from the 4th month on. How
many pairs of rabbits will there be in 7 months?

1. 5
2. 8
3. 13
4. 21

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 Exponential Growth
1
1 46,368 2 years
2
3
5
8
13 14,930,352 3 years
21
34
55
89 4,807,526,976 4 years

144 1 year
Examples
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Music
Fibonacci Suite
for retuned piano, seven hands

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 Chromatic Scale

Fibonacci numbers?

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Botany

5 Spirals

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 One-petaled ...
white calla lily

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Two-petaled flowers
euphorbia

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 Three petals
trillium

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 Five petals
morning glory

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 Eight-petaled
bloodroot

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 Thirteen...
black-eyed susan

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 Twenty-one
shasta daisy with 21 petals

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Poetry
I
am
sitting
quietly,
listening for the
quiet noises in the darkness,
ghostly images flying between the tall pine trees,
illusion created by the mind, made by shadows,
the brain playing tricks on itself.
It sits there, the raven, black as night, looking at
me with its dark eyes in the dark night. Inspiration
comes. Words form in my head. Evermore.

Jim T. Henriksen

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 Fibs
Six line, 20 syllable poem

One
Small,
Precise,
Poetic,
Spiraling mixture:
Math plus poetry yields the Fib

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Investments

Robert Fischer, leader

of the Fibonacci
approach to trading

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Education

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Algebra

1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55

* 21 = 441 * = 442

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Fibonacci and the Greeks
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34,

1/1 = 1
2/1 = 2
3/2 = 1.5
5/3 = 1.666666
8/5 = 1.6
13/8 = 1.625
21/13 = 1.6153846
34/21 = 1.6190476
55/34 = 1.6176470
89/55 = 1.6181818
144/89 = 1.6179775
233/144 = 1.6180555

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Golden Number

1.61808
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Golden Rectangle

1.618

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Classical
Art

Mona Lisa

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Parthenon - Athens

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The Vitruvian Man

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Spiral Generated by
Golden Ratio

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The Nautilus Shell

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Modern Art
Piet Mondrian

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Diets and Fitness

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 Mo and the Boys

There are 100 measures in the first movement. The first

section, with the theme, has 32 measures, and the last section,
with theme variations, has 68 measures. This is a perfect
division, using natural numbers, with the golden section.

Although there is no physical evidence that Mozart used the

Fibonacci sequence in his music, it is still very easy to see the
use of perfect divisions.
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Fibonacci Rap

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Fibonacci Waltz

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Lateralus

By Tool

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 Lateralus

(1)Black, (1) much,

(1) then, (2) more that
(2) white are, (3) beckons me,
(3) all I see, (5) to look through to
(5) in my infancy, these,
(8) red and yellow then (8) infinite possibilities.
came to be, (13) As below so above
(5) reaching out to me, and beyond I imagine,
(3) lets me see. (8) drawn outside the
(2) There is, lines of reason.
(1) so, (5) Push the envelope.
(3) Watch it bend.

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More lyrics

Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out!
Keep going

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 Facts

Keenan begins singing at 1:37 into the song. 1 minute 37

seconds, or 97 seconds, is approximately 1.618 of a full
minute.
The time signatures of the chorus change from 9/8 to 8/8
to 7/8; as drummer Danny Carey says, "It was originally
titled 9-8-7. For the time signatures. Then it turned out that
987 was the 17th number of the Fibonacci sequence. So
that was cool.

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 Fibonacci Joke

How much does a large order of Fibonaccos cost? .

The price of a medium

+

The price of a small

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Meta-Material

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