Lucas number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of an integer sequence that has the same recursive relationship as the Fibonacci sequence, i.e. each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but with different starting values such that the ratios of successive terms approach the golden ratio.

Word forms

Lucas number Lucas numbers

Etymology

Named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas.

Related words

Lucas sequence
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