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From: weiqigao@crl.com (Weiqi Gao)
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Subject: Re: Fibonacci Numbers?
Date: 17 Sep 1994 22:17:59 -0700
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In article <35fl28$1h3@garuda.csulb.edu>, S. Hegede <zoltan@csulb.edu> wrote:
>
>Hey!  I'm an a beginning Ada programmer and I've been stuck for a while
>on trying to write a program in which a user can get the number in a
>Fibonacci series( Ex.  1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21...) by typing its position in
>the series.  I only need help on getting the formula down that would
>calculate the next number in the series.  Thanks for the help.
>.
>
>


fib(n) = 1/sqrt(5) * [ ( 1 + sqrt(5))^n - ( 1 - sqrt(5))^n ] / 2^n.

\/\/eiqi Gao
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