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Fibonacci numbers and their applications

Fibonacci numbers and their applications Acta Applicandae Mathematicae fl (1987) 321 Book Reviews Andreas N. Philippou, Gerald E. Bergum, and Alwyn F. Horadam (eds.): Fibonacci Numbers and their Applications, Mathematics and its Applications, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, Tokyo, 1986. 304 +xxiv pp., hard- back, ISBN 90 277 2234 X. If one would send out a questionnaire to all scientists to ask what they thought about the subject of continued fractions, one would, no doubt, be scorned for asking about the obvious. Many would point to the way in which continued fractions techniques have pervaded many a discipline, even where scientists thought their field 'free of mathematics'. And they would be right! If, however, the same question had been asked in connection with Fibonacci Numbers, the answer would have been quite different up to a few years ago (barring, of course, the workers in the field). There even have been people (and maybe there are some left) who looked with disgust at the Fibonacci adepts. Now finally there is - even for the most sceptic - proof of the importance of research of Fibonacci numbers and their many generalisations and 'adjacent' subjects. Yes, it looks as if to a certain extent the Fibonacci conglomerate http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Applicandae Mathematicae Springer Journals

Fibonacci numbers and their applications

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae , Volume 8 (3) – May 1, 2004
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Mathematics; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Applications of Mathematics; Partial Differential Equations; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
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Acta Applicandae Mathematicae fl (1987) 321 Book Reviews Andreas N. Philippou, Gerald E. Bergum, and Alwyn F. Horadam (eds.): Fibonacci Numbers and their Applications, Mathematics and its Applications, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, Tokyo, 1986. 304 +xxiv pp., hard- back, ISBN 90 277 2234 X. If one would send out a questionnaire to all scientists to ask what they thought about the subject of continued fractions, one would, no doubt, be scorned for asking about the obvious. Many would point to the way in which continued fractions techniques have pervaded many a discipline, even where scientists thought their field 'free of mathematics'. And they would be right! If, however, the same question had been asked in connection with Fibonacci Numbers, the answer would have been quite different up to a few years ago (barring, of course, the workers in the field). There even have been people (and maybe there are some left) who looked with disgust at the Fibonacci adepts. Now finally there is - even for the most sceptic - proof of the importance of research of Fibonacci numbers and their many generalisations and 'adjacent' subjects. Yes, it looks as if to a certain extent the Fibonacci conglomerate

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