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Robert Simson

Scottish mathematician
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  • Fibonacci
    Fibonacci
    / Fibonacci sequence

    The mathematician Robert Simson at the University of Glasgow in 1753 noted that, as the numbers increased in magnitude, the ratio between succeeding numbers approached the number α, the golden ratio, whose value is 1.6180…, or (1 + Square root of√5)/2. In the 19th century the term Fibonacci sequence…

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    The mathematician Robert Simson at the University of Glasgow in 1753 noted that, as the numbers increased in magnitude, the ratio between succeeding numbers approached the number α, the golden ratio, whose value is 1.6180…, or (1 + Square root of√5)/2. In the 19th century the term Fibonacci sequence…

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