English Explanatory Dictionary

Fibonacci sequence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sequence of integers, each of which is the sum of the preceding two, the first and second numbers both being 1.
  2. Any sequence of numbers such that each is the sum of the preceding two.

Word forms

Fibonacci sequence Fibonacci sequences Fibonacci's sequence

Etymology

Named after the Italian mathematician later known as Fibonacci (c.1175 – c.1250), who introduced the sequence to a European readership in his 1202 book Liber Abaci.

Related words

Fibonacci number Fibonacci spiral Lucas sequence Tribonacci
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