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  • M Mark_Wallace

    Just bear in mind that it's not a magical thing; it's just natural (and pretty obvious, when you think about it), so don't go all numerologisty on us.

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    iSahilSharma
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    Still the arrangement of numbers is pretty fascinating. Don't you think??

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      Still the arrangement of numbers is pretty fascinating. Don't you think??

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

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      Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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      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)

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      • I iSahilSharma

        Still the arrangement of numbers is pretty fascinating. Don't you think??

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

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        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

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          Recently, I stumbled upon a link and was amazed to know the significance of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature. Does it have the same significance in Computer Programming?? Any thoughts Here is the link: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html[^]

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

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

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            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

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            @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

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            • I iSahilSharma

              Recently, I stumbled upon a link and was amazed to know the significance of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature. Does it have the same significance in Computer Programming?? Any thoughts Here is the link: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html[^]

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

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

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                Recently, I stumbled upon a link and was amazed to know the significance of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature. Does it have the same significance in Computer Programming?? Any thoughts Here is the link: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html[^]

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

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

                ~RaGE();

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                • L Lost User

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

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

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                  • R 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.

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                    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).

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                    • B 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).

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

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                      • K 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.

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                        • I iSahilSharma

                          Recently, I stumbled upon a link and was amazed to know the significance of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature. Does it have the same significance in Computer Programming?? Any thoughts Here is the link: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html[^]

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

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                          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

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                            Recently, I stumbled upon a link and was amazed to know the significance of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature. Does it have the same significance in Computer Programming?? Any thoughts Here is the link: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html[^]

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

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                            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.

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