Significance of Fibonacci Numbers

[Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter]

Nature IS fascinating!

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

[Lost User]

iSahilSharma wrote:

the arrangement of numbers is pretty fascinating

If you want to make a totally incomprehensible statement. What makes it more fascinating than any other arrangement of numbers?

Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

[Lost User]

Computer programming usually isn't done in packed spirals, so there's no obvious reason why Fibonacci numbers would show up there.

[iSahilSharma]

@pwasser - You need to look at the following link: http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_the_magic_of_fibonacci_numbers[^]

If it can happen, it will happen - Murphy's Law

[Keith Barrow]

Here you go[^], that should keep you occupied for a short while.

Alberto Brandolini:

The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

[Rage]

The overflowers have already answered this one : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4571670/why-are-fibonacci-numbers-significant-in-computer-science[^]

~RaGE();

I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

[Mark_Wallace]

Hey, be careful that you don't give some idiot ideas on how to maximise desk space.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[brassedoff]

Way way back when I did my degree, I remember doing an assignment (in FORTRAN) implementing a sorting algorithm based around Fibonacci numbers. From memory, it was a combination of bubble sorting short sequences where the sequence lengths were based on Fibonacci numbers (but it was a long time ago).

[Rage]

I do not think studying mathematician ... (up to you to continue)

~RaGE();

I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

[Slacker007]

:thumbsup:

[Marc Clifton]

iSahilSharma wrote:

Does it have the same significance in Computer Programming??

Absolutely. The number of bugs is equal to the F number indexed by the number of features. Marc

Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly

[PIEBALDconsult]

iSahilSharma wrote:

significance of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature

Zero. It's the other way around; nature existed first and cares not a whit about it; the sequence is merely a description of nature.

iSahilSharma wrote:

significance in Computer Programming

Only as a first-year exercise; possibly with recursion X| . My first run-in with Fibonacci was with BASCICplus way back in high school. However I have seen code with Fibonacci indenting -- it deters deep nesting. And when I'm estimating the effort required for a task (in TFS) I use Fibonacci numbers.