Significance of Fibonacci Numbers

[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.