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The fabulous Fibonacci numbers / Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann ; afterword by Herbert A. Hauptman.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA241 .P665 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Posamentier, Alfred S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fibonacci numbers.
- Physical Description:
- 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Fibonacci numbers
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ch. 1. A history and introduction to the Fibonacci numbers
- ch. 2. The Fibonacci numbers in nature
- ch. 3. The Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal triangle
- ch. 4. The Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio
- ch. 5. The Fibonacci numbers and continued fractions
- ch. 6. A potpourri of Fibonacci number applications
- ch. 7. The Fibonacci numbers found in art and architecture
- ch. 8. The Fibonacci numbers and musical form
- ch. 9. The famous Binet formula for finding a particular Fibonacci number
- ch. 10. The Fibonacci numbers and fractals
- Epilogue
- Afterword / Herbert A. Hauptman
- Appendix A : List of the first 500 Fibonacci numbers, with the first 200 Fibonacci numbers factored
- Appendix B : Proofs of Fibonacci relationships
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591024750
- 1591024757
- OCLC:
- 74353892
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