English Explanatory Dictionary

Pisano period

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The period (of repetition) of the sequence of Fibonacci numbers reduced modulo a given natural number (≥1); it can be considered to be a function π(n) where n is the modulus of reduction (see modular arithmetic) and the function returns the period (of the reduced Fibonacci sequence) corresponding to that given modulus.

Word forms

Pisano period Pisano periods

Etymology

Named after Leonardo Bigollo Pisano a.k.a. Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1240–1250).

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