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A function that approximates the Fibonacci sequence is the following: y = (0.003)x^6 - (0.0064)x^5 + (0.0701)x^4 - (0.3435)x^3 + (1.0052)x^2 -(0.6578)x + 0.9895
Try and plot it on Octave or in any other software.
~_Roberto::Barone_~ 95.234.175.68 ( talk) 15:14, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
The first two pictures in the article illustrate some features of the squares of Fibonacci numbers. Don't we have any pictures to illustrate the actual Fibonacci numbers instead of their squares? Eddi ( Talk) 16:32, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
There is not only one Fibonacci sequence. The sequence 2,5,7,12,19,... is a Fibonacci sequence. So I do not see why the introduction should refer to "the" Fibonacci sequence. Shouldn't it describe "a" Fibonacci sequence?
Also, it is not true that every number of a Fibonacci sequence is the sum of the two predecessors (as explained in the introduction paragraph) since the first two numbers in a sequence do not have two predecessors. Shouldn't the language be made precise?
I attempted to correct these two issues back in October 2023, but Jaybee didn't like my edits and reverted them, saying that I should not have done so. Why? Majfoster ( talk) 06:37, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
We bothered to change the name of the article from Fibonacci numbers to Fibonacci sequence. However, much of the text still says things like "The Fibonacci numbers are" rather than "The Fibonacci sequence is". I realize that there are some instances where we really do mean the former, and I realize that there are some instances where changing the former to the latter would be a word salad, and I realize that we don't have to be pedantic about every occurrence ... but might it be worthwhile to change many of instances of the "Fibonacci numbers" to "Fibonacci sequence"? Or, putting it another way, if I do that, am I likely to get instantly reverted? Thanks — Quantling ( talk | contribs) 14:39, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Fibonacci numbers are not individually related to the golden ratio
Before my edit, my phone (at least in portrait page orientation instead of landscape) displayed the yellow "tiles" image after the phrase "the sequence begins" but before the actual sequence of "0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...", making the page easy to misread as saying "Starting from 0 and 1, the sequence begins 21, 13, 3, 2, ..."
If a reason exists why the opening sequence of numbers should start a new line, please move the picture to prevent the article from displaying in such a confusing, misleading way, realizing that the display is prone to change based on what device a reader uses and if the user tilts the device this way or that (and possibly also depending on what browser and zoom settings are in use).
Thanks. -- 173.67.42.107 ( talk) 08:23, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
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A function that approximates the Fibonacci sequence is the following: y = (0.003)x^6 - (0.0064)x^5 + (0.0701)x^4 - (0.3435)x^3 + (1.0052)x^2 -(0.6578)x + 0.9895
Try and plot it on Octave or in any other software.
~_Roberto::Barone_~ 95.234.175.68 ( talk) 15:14, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
The first two pictures in the article illustrate some features of the squares of Fibonacci numbers. Don't we have any pictures to illustrate the actual Fibonacci numbers instead of their squares? Eddi ( Talk) 16:32, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
There is not only one Fibonacci sequence. The sequence 2,5,7,12,19,... is a Fibonacci sequence. So I do not see why the introduction should refer to "the" Fibonacci sequence. Shouldn't it describe "a" Fibonacci sequence?
Also, it is not true that every number of a Fibonacci sequence is the sum of the two predecessors (as explained in the introduction paragraph) since the first two numbers in a sequence do not have two predecessors. Shouldn't the language be made precise?
I attempted to correct these two issues back in October 2023, but Jaybee didn't like my edits and reverted them, saying that I should not have done so. Why? Majfoster ( talk) 06:37, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
We bothered to change the name of the article from Fibonacci numbers to Fibonacci sequence. However, much of the text still says things like "The Fibonacci numbers are" rather than "The Fibonacci sequence is". I realize that there are some instances where we really do mean the former, and I realize that there are some instances where changing the former to the latter would be a word salad, and I realize that we don't have to be pedantic about every occurrence ... but might it be worthwhile to change many of instances of the "Fibonacci numbers" to "Fibonacci sequence"? Or, putting it another way, if I do that, am I likely to get instantly reverted? Thanks — Quantling ( talk | contribs) 14:39, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Fibonacci numbers are not individually related to the golden ratio
Before my edit, my phone (at least in portrait page orientation instead of landscape) displayed the yellow "tiles" image after the phrase "the sequence begins" but before the actual sequence of "0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...", making the page easy to misread as saying "Starting from 0 and 1, the sequence begins 21, 13, 3, 2, ..."
If a reason exists why the opening sequence of numbers should start a new line, please move the picture to prevent the article from displaying in such a confusing, misleading way, realizing that the display is prone to change based on what device a reader uses and if the user tilts the device this way or that (and possibly also depending on what browser and zoom settings are in use).
Thanks. -- 173.67.42.107 ( talk) 08:23, 29 May 2024 (UTC)