fibonacci sequence

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fibonacci sequence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Fibonacci sequence
      n 1: a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum
           of the two preceding numbers

fibonacci sequence - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Fibonacci sequence
  
     <mathematics> The infinite sequence of numbers beginning
  
     	1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...
  
     in which each term is the sum of the two terms preceding it.
  
     The ratio of successive Fibonacci terms tends to the golden ratio
     , namely (1 + sqrt 5)/2.
  
     [Why not "Fibonacci series"?]
  
     (2002-10-15)