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Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section

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Material Type: Reference Material
Technical Format: HTML/Text
Date Added to MERLOT: May 10, 2001
Date Modified in MERLOT: January 28, 2013
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Author: Dr. Ron Knott Send email to Dr. Ron Knott 
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Submitter : James Rutledge

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This excellent site contains a large and interesting selection of material on Fibonacci Numbers and their myriad related concepts. It includes web and text references to the rich literature of Fibonacci numbers. It also features a variety of images, graphics and animations. Many of the topics include student investigations for NCTM standard type explorations. The content includes standard motivational examples and applications in nature, but also mathematical explanations and puzzle pages. The site has already won several awards.


Keywords:
golden string, Egyptian fractions, Fibonacci and Phi in the Arts, Farey fractions, continued fractions, Fibonacci bases, phi, Lucas numbers, Fibonacci numbers in nature

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Primary Audience: High School, College General Ed
Mobile Compatibility: Not specified at this time
Technical Requirements: Web browser. Links are provided to download plug-ins such as Quicktime for animations.

Language: English
Cost Involved: no
Source Code Available: no
Accessiblity Information Available: no
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