"In 1202, the Italian mathematician Fibonacci asked a simple question. Suppose we have a pair of newly born rabbits who, after maturing, beget another pair of rabbits. These children, after they mature, beget anotherpair. So we have first one pair of rabbits, then two pair, and then three pair. How will this continue, if it does, supposing that each new pair of rabbits, after one season of maturing, will beget another pair each and every breeding season thereafter ? To make things simple, Fibonacci also assumed that rabbits never die."
(Uit: Number Theory in Science and Communication van M.R.Schroeder)
Zie De rij van Fibonacci
Zie Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Fibonacci.html]
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18-3-2002