1. Fibonacci
By Andréa Rivard

2. Leonardo Fibonacci Born in Italy c.1170
Arabic numerals, algorithms and algebraic methods, and a facility in fractions
Fibonacci Sequence
Discovered it by studying rabbit regeneration

3. More on Fibonacci Grew up in North Africa
Published the book Liber Abaci
Fun fact! Liber Abaci means the book of abacus but the book has nothing to do with the abacus
This problem was featured in his book:
Beginning with a single pair of rabbits (one male and one female), how many pairs of rabbits will be born in a year, assuming that every month each male and female rabbit gives birth to a new pair of rabbits, and the new pair of rabbits itself starts giving birth to additional pairs of rabbits after the first month of their birth?

4. The Fibonacci Sequence
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144
Each number is a sum of the two numbers preceding it
Appears throughout the “biological realm”, music, etc

5. The Rabbits
Each number is a sum of the two previous numbers because the number of rabbit pairs in a previous generation plus all of the newborn pairs is equal to all of the rabbits who are more than two months old
Fibonacci’s rabbits never die

6. Fibonacci Spiral
The spiral appears in nature, often in the way leaves grow or the way seeds grow
They usually have consecutive Fibonacci numbers
8 clockwise, 13 counter-clockwise, 13 counter- clockwise, 21 clockwise, etc.
Minimize space and energy uses

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8. Variations on the Fibonacci Sequence
Can start with any number, as long as it follows the pattern
3, 3, 6, 9, 15, 24……Fibonacci sequence
.1, .1, .2, .3, .5, .8……Fibonacci sequence

9. “Fibs” Poems that follow the sequence Six lines Created by Greg Pincus
Example:
One
Small
Precise,
Poetic,
Spiraling mixture
Math plus poetry yields the Fib

10. Works Cited
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Fibonacci sequence.
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