The Fibonacci numbers are 0,

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... (add the

last two to get the next)

It is called the Fibonacci

series after Leonardo
Fibonacci.
The "shallow diagonals" of Pascal's
triangle
sum to Fibonacci numbers.
The Fibonacci numbers are
studied as part of number
theory and have applications
in the counting of
mathematical objects such as
sets, permutations and
sequences and to computer
science.
FIBONACCI SEQUENCE IS
ALSO SEEN IN RABIT
MULTIPLICATION
Fibonacci Fingers?

Every human has two hands, each one of

these has five fingers, each finger has
three parts which are separated by two
knuckles. All of these fit into the sequence.
The Fibonacci numbers are Nature's
numbering system.
They appear everywhere in Nature, from
the leaf arrangement in plants, to the
pattern of the florets of a flower,
pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple.
The Fibonacci numbers are therefore
applicable to the growth of every living
thing, including a single cell, a grain of
wheat, a hive of bees.
If we take the ratio of two successive
numbers in Fibonacci's series, (1, 1, 2, 3,
5, 8, 13, ..) and we divide each by the
number before it, we will find the
following series of numbers:
1/1 = 1, 2/1 = 2, 3/2 = 15, 5/3 =
1666..., 8/5 = 16, 13/8 = 1625, 21/13
= 161538... The ratio is called the golden
ratio. It has a value of approximately
1618034 and is denoted by the Greek
letter phi.
Flowers often have a Fibonacci number of petals,
daisies can have 34, 55 or even as many as 89
petals!
 Sunflower
head
displaying
florets in
spirals of
34 and 55
around the
outside

The beautiful spirals of the sun flower

head reveal the astonishing double
connection with the Fibonacci series
One-petalled

Two-petalled flowers
Three petals

Five petals - there are

hundreds of species,
both wild and
cultivated, with five
petals.
Eight-petalled flowers are not
so common as five-petalled,
but there are quite a number
of well-known species with
eight petals.
Thirteen, ...

Twenty-one

34 petals
The florets within this cluster are
arranged spirally. Typically each floret
is oriented toward the next by
approximately the golden angle,
producing a pattern of interconnecting
spirals where the number of left
spirals and the number of right spirals
are successive Fibonacci numbers.
Fibonacci numbers can also be seen
in the arrangement of seeds on flower heads.

This poppy seed head has 13 ridges on top.

some plants
branch in such
a way that they
always have a
Fibonacci
number of
growing points.
FIBONACCI SEQUENCE IN PLANTS

many plants show

the Fibonacci
numbers in the
arrangements of
the leaves around
their stems.
Pine cones show the Fibonacci Spirals
The scales are
spirally
arranged in
fibonacci
number ratios.
Here is a curve which crosses the X-
axis at the Fibonacci numbers
FIBONACCI SEQUENCE IN VEGETABLES
The Fibonacci numbers play a significant
role in nature and in art and architecture.
The adjacent picture
shows a design
featuring the
pentagons and
hexagons used in the
Mosque. which were
developed out of the
connections between
the Fibonacci
series,and the Golden
Proportion.
The sequence has been used in the
design of a building,
The series can be extended and the numbers can be found directly by applying this
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