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Fibonacci Association

Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers

Verner E. Hoggatt, Jr.

First published 1969 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Copyright reverted to the author in 1979, and the Fibonacci Association was granted permission to publish this book.

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CONTENTS

Title Page

About This Book and the Author
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Table of Contents iii
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Picture Credits iv
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1. Introduction 1
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2. Rabbits, Fibonacci Numbers, and Lucas Numbers 2
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3. The Golden Section and the Fibonacci Quadratic Equation 9
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4. Some Geometry Related to the Golden Section 14
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5. Some Fibonacci Algebra 26
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6. Shortcuts to Large Fn and Ln 30
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7. Divisibility Properties of the Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers 37
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8. Periodicity of the Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers 42
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9. Pascal's Triangle and the Fibonacci Numbers 48
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10. Selected Identities Involving the Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers 52
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11. Two-by-Two Matrices Related to the Fibonacci Numbers 62
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12. Representation Theorems 69
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13. Fibonacci Numbers in Nature 79
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A List of the First 100 Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers 83
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Partial Solutions 85
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Index 92
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