Re: Fibonacci program

spg wrote: 
Hello Judson,

Q. I thought the fibonacci series started at 0?

OK you purist :-) Following from just down the road from you - University of Guildford, (which was originally the Battersea School of Technology, where my wife's brother-in-law started as a lecturer) :-

"...... The Fibonacci numbers are 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... (add the last two to get the next)

The golden section numbers are ±0·61803 39887... and ±1·61803 39887...

The golden string is 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 ...
a sequence of 0s and 1s which is closely related to the Fibonacci numbers and the golden section......"

But computer-wise, even starting at zero you still have to fiddle to get the initial value of '1'.

Me, I went with Dan Brown's explanation and example as being Gospel. Perhaps 'Gospel' ain't a good word to use in association with the "da Vinci Code", which generated a whole sub-culture of anti da Vinci paperbacks, saying "Yes Brown quotes some historical/religious facts, BUT........".


Jimmy
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