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    What is the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 15, 21 known as?

    Question #124873. Asked by BIG_Flicker. (Jan 25 12 7:23 PM)


    gtho4

    		the Fibonacci series

    http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibtable.html

    Jan 25 12, 7:27 PM
    tazman6619

    		I believe the sequence you are referring to would be 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. This is known as the Fibonacci number. It is arrived at by adding the first two numbers to the left of the third number to get the third number and so on throughout the sequence. 0+1=1, 1+1=2, 1+2=3 and so on.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number



    Jan 25 12, 7:30 PM

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