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==Definition== [[File:Fibonacci Spiral.svg|thumb|The Fibonacci spiral: an approximation of the [[golden spiral]] created by drawing [[circular arc]]s connecting the opposite corners of squares in the Fibonacci tiling (see preceding image)]] The Fibonacci numbers may be defined by the [[recurrence relation]]{{Sfn | Lucas | 1891 | p=3}} <math display=block>F_0=0,\quad F_1= 1,</math> and <math display=block>F_n=F_{n-1} + F_{n-2}</math> for {{math|''n'' > 1}}. Under some older definitions, the value <math>F_0 = 0</math> is omitted, so that the sequence starts with <math>F_1=F_2=1,</math> and the recurrence <math>F_n=F_{n-1} + F_{n-2}</math> is valid for {{math|''n'' > 2}}.{{Sfn | Beck | Geoghegan | 2010}}{{Sfn | BΓ³na | 2011 | p=180}} <!--Fibonacci started the sequence with index 0: {{math|<sub>0</sub>β1, <sub>1</sub>β2, <sub>2</sub>β3, ..., <sub>12</sub>β377}}.<ref>{{citation |last1=Leonardo da Pisa |title=File:Liber abbaci magliab f124r.jpg - Wikimedia Commons |date=1202 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liber_abbaci_magliab_f124r.jpg |language=en}}</ref>--> The first 20 Fibonacci numbers {{math|''F<sub>n</sub>''}} are: :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" ! {{math|''F''<sub>0</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>1</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>2</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>3</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>4</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>5</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>6</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>7</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>8</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>9</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>10</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>11</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>12</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>13</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>14</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>15</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>16</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>17</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>18</sub>}} ! {{math|''F''<sub>19</sub>}} |- | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 144 | 233 | 377 | 610 | 987 | 1597 | 2584 | 4181 |}
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