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Generalizations Of Fibonacci Numbers
In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers form a sequence defined recursively by: :F_n = \begin 0 & n = 0 \\ 1 & n = 1 \\ F_ + F_ & n > 1 \end That is, after two starting values, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. The Fibonacci sequence has been studied extensively and generalized in many ways, for example, by starting with other numbers than 0 and 1, by adding more than two numbers to generate the next number, or by adding objects other than numbers. Extension to negative integers Using F_ = F_n - F_, one can extend the Fibonacci numbers to negative integers. So we get: :... −8, 5, −3, 2, −1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ... and F_ = (-1)^ F_n. See also Negafibonacci coding. Extension to all real or complex numbers There are a number of possible generalizations of the Fibonacci numbers which include the real numbers (and sometimes the complex numbers) in their domain. These each involve the golden ratio , and are based on Binet's formula :F_n = \frac. The an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many areas of mathematics, which include number theory (the study of numbers), algebra (the study of formulas and related structures), geometry (the study of shapes and spaces that contain them), Mathematical analysis, analysis (the study of continuous changes), and set theory (presently used as a foundation for all mathematics). Mathematics involves the description and manipulation of mathematical object, abstract objects that consist of either abstraction (mathematics), abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicspurely abstract entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. Mathematics uses pure reason to proof (mathematics), prove properties of objects, a ''proof'' consisting of a succession of applications of in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abelian Group
In mathematics, an abelian group, also called a commutative group, is a group in which the result of applying the group operation to two group elements does not depend on the order in which they are written. That is, the group operation is commutative. With addition as an operation, the integers and the real numbers form abelian groups, and the concept of an abelian group may be viewed as a generalization of these examples. Abelian groups are named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The concept of an abelian group underlies many fundamental algebraic structures, such as fields, rings, vector spaces, and algebras. The theory of abelian groups is generally simpler than that of their non-abelian counterparts, and finite abelian groups are very well understood and fully classified. Definition An abelian group is a set A, together with an operation ･ , that combines any two elements a and b of A to form another element of A, denoted a \cdot b. The sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Ratio
In mathematics, the silver ratio is a geometrical aspect ratio, proportion with exact value the positive polynomial root, solution of the equation The name ''silver ratio'' results from analogy with the golden ratio, the positive solution of the equation Although its name is recent, the silver ratio (or silver mean) has been studied since ancient times because of its connections to the square root of 2, almost-isosceles Pythagorean triple#Special cases and related equations, Pythagorean triples, square triangular numbers, Pell numbers, the octagon, and six polyhedron, polyhedra with octahedral symmetry. Definition If the ratio of two quantities is proportionate to the sum of two and their reciprocal ratio, they are in the silver ratio: \frac =\frac The ratio \frac is here denoted Substituting a=\sigma b \, in the second fraction, \sigma =\frac. It follows that the silver ratio is the positive solution of quadratic equation \sigma^2 -2\sigma -1 =0. The quadratic for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Root Of A Polynomial
In mathematics, a zero (also sometimes called a root) of a real-, complex-, or generally vector-valued function f, is a member x of the domain of f such that f(x) ''vanishes'' at x; that is, the function f attains the value of 0 at x, or equivalently, x is a solution to the equation f(x) = 0. A "zero" of a function is thus an input value that produces an output of 0. A root of a polynomial is a zero of the corresponding polynomial function. The fundamental theorem of algebra shows that any non-zero polynomial has a number of roots at most equal to its degree, and that the number of roots and the degree are equal when one considers the complex roots (or more generally, the roots in an algebraically closed extension) counted with their multiplicities. For example, the polynomial f of degree two, defined by f(x)=x^2-5x+6=(x-2)(x-3) has the two roots (or zeros) that are 2 and 3. f(2)=2^2-5\times 2+6= 0\textf(3)=3^2-5\times 3+6=0. If the function maps real numbers to real n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metallic Mean
The metallic mean (also metallic ratio, metallic constant, or noble mean) of a natural number is a positive real number, denoted here S_n, that satisfies the following equivalent characterizations: * the unique positive real number x such that x=n+\frac 1x * the positive root of the quadratic equation x^2-nx-1=0 * the number \frac2 = \frac2 * the number whose expression as a continued fraction is *: [n;n,n,n,n,\dots] = n + \cfrac Metallic means are (successive) derivations of the golden ratio, golden (n=1) and silver ratios (n=2), and share some of their interesting properties. The term "bronze ratio" (n=3) (Cf. Golden Age and Olympic Medals) and even metals such as copper (n=4) and nickel (n=5) are occasionally found in the literature.This name appears to have originated from de Spinadel's paper. In terms of algebraic number theory, the metallic means are exactly the real quadratic integers that are greater than 1 and have -1 as their quadratic integer#Norm and conjugation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pell Sequence
In mathematics, the Pell numbers are an infinite sequence of integers, known since ancient times, that comprise the denominators of the closest rational approximations to the square root of 2. This sequence of approximations begins , , , , and , so the sequence of Pell numbers begins with 1, 2, 5, 12, and 29. The numerators of the same sequence of approximations are half the companion Pell numbers or Pell–Lucas numbers; these numbers form a second infinite sequence that begins with 2, 6, 14, 34, and 82. Both the Pell numbers and the companion Pell numbers may be calculated by means of a recurrence relation similar to that for the Fibonacci numbers, and both sequences of numbers grow exponentially, proportionally to powers of the silver ratio 1 + . As well as being used to approximate the square root of two, Pell numbers can be used to find square triangular numbers, to construct integer approximations to the right isosceles triangle, and to solve certain combinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Number
A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a Product (mathematics), product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, or , involve 5 itself. However, 4 is composite because it is a product (2 × 2) in which both numbers are smaller than 4. Primes are central in number theory because of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic: every natural number greater than 1 is either a prime itself or can be factorization, factorized as a product of primes that is unique up to their order. The property of being prime is called primality. A simple but slow primality test, method of checking the primality of a given number , called trial division, tests whether is a multiple of any integer between 2 and . Faster algorithms include the Miller–Rabin primality test, which is fast but has a small chance of error ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number Theory
Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example, rational numbers), or defined as generalizations of the integers (for example, algebraic integers). Integers can be considered either in themselves or as solutions to equations (Diophantine geometry). Questions in number theory can often be understood through the study of Complex analysis, analytical objects, such as the Riemann zeta function, that encode properties of the integers, primes or other number-theoretic objects in some fashion (analytic number theory). One may also study real numbers in relation to rational numbers, as for instance how irrational numbers can be approximated by fractions (Diophantine approximation). Number theory is one of the oldest branches of mathematics alongside geometry. One quirk of number theory is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Sequence
In mathematics, the Lucas sequences U_n(P,Q) and V_n(P, Q) are certain constant-recursive integer sequences that satisfy the recurrence relation : x_n = P \cdot x_ - Q \cdot x_ where P and Q are fixed integers. Any sequence satisfying this recurrence relation can be represented as a linear combination of the Lucas sequences U_n(P, Q) and V_n(P, Q). More generally, Lucas sequences U_n(P, Q) and V_n(P, Q) represent sequences of polynomials in P and Q with integer coefficients. Famous examples of Lucas sequences include the Fibonacci numbers, Mersenne numbers, Pell numbers, Lucas numbers, Jacobsthal numbers, and a superset of Fermat numbers (see below). Lucas sequences are named after the French mathematician Édouard Lucas. Recurrence relations Given two integer parameters P and Q, the Lucas sequences of the first kind U_n(P,Q) and of the second kind V_n(P,Q) are defined by the recurrence relations: :\begin U_0(P,Q)&=0, \\ U_1(P,Q)&=1, \\ U_n(P,Q)&=P\cdot U_(P,Q)-Q\cdot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisano Period
In number theory, the ''n''th Pisano period, written as '(''n''), is the period with which the sequence of Fibonacci numbers taken modulo ''n'' repeats. Pisano periods are named after Leonardo Pisano, better known as Fibonacci. The existence of periodic functions in Fibonacci numbers was noted by Joseph Louis Lagrange in 1774. Definition The Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the integer sequence: :0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368, ... defined by the recurrence relation :F_0 = 0 :F_1 = 1 :F_i = F_ + F_. For any integer ''n'', the sequence of Fibonacci numbers ''Fi'' taken modulo ''n'' is periodic. The Pisano period, denoted '(''n''), is the length of the period of this sequence. For example, the sequence of Fibonacci numbers modulo 3 begins: :0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, ... This sequence has period 8, so '(3) = 8. Properties Parity Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wythoff Array
In mathematics, the Wythoff array is an infinite Matrix (mathematics), matrix of positive integers derived from the Fibonacci sequence and named after Dutch mathematician Willem Abraham Wythoff. Every positive integer occurs exactly once in the array, and every integer sequence defined by the Fibonacci recurrence can be derived by shifting a row of the array. The Wythoff array was first defined by using Wythoff pairs, the coordinates of winning positions in Wythoff's game. It can also be defined using Fibonacci numbers and Zeckendorf's theorem, or directly from the golden ratio and the recurrence relation defining the Fibonacci numbers. Values The Wythoff array has the values :\begin 1&2&3&5&8&13&21&\cdots\\ 4&7&11&18&29&47&76&\cdots\\ 6&10&16&26&42&68&110&\cdots\\ 9&15&24&39&63&102&165&\cdots\\ 12&20&32&52&84&136&220&\cdots\\ 14&23&37&60&97&157&254&\cdots\\ 17&28&45&73&118&191&309&\cdots\\ \vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\ddots\\ \end . Equivalent definitions I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Number
The Lucas sequence is an integer sequence named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas (1842–1891), who studied both that sequence and the closely related Fibonacci sequence. Individual numbers in the Lucas sequence are known as Lucas numbers. Lucas numbers and Fibonacci numbers form complementary instances of Lucas sequences. The Lucas sequence has the same recursive relationship as the Fibonacci sequence, where each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but with different starting values. This produces a sequence where the ratios of successive terms approach the golden ratio, and in fact the terms themselves are roundings of integer powers of the golden ratio. The sequence also has a variety of relationships with the Fibonacci numbers, like the fact that adding any two Fibonacci numbers two terms apart in the Fibonacci sequence results in the Lucas number in between. The first few Lucas numbers are : 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, 76, 123 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
