Classroom note: A simple proof of an interesting Fibonacci generalization |
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| Authors: | Sergio Falcon |
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| Institution: | Department of Mathematics , University of Las Palmas de G.C. E-mail: sfalcon@dma.ulpgc.es |
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| Abstract: | It is reasonably well known that the ratios of consecutive terms of a Fibonacci series converge to the golden ratio. This note presents a simple, complete proof of an interesting generalization of this result to a whole family of ‘precious metal ratios’. |
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| Keywords: | modelling differential equations engineering courses inverse problems |
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