{"id":2411,"date":"2018-11-05T19:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2018-11-05T20:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:19:53","slug":"fibonacci-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/2018\/11\/05\/fibonacci-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Fibonacci Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now on Display in the Math Library: A Celebration of Fibonacci Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/23 is\u00a0Fibonacci Day!
\nThe first four numbers of the Fibonacci sequence are 1 1 2 3 (therefore we celebrate on 11\/23).<\/p>\n

What is the Fibonacci Sequence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers.\u00a0 Add the last two numbers in the sequence to get the next number.\u00a0 The first six numbers of the sequence are 1 1 2 3 5 8, so:
\n1
\n1+0=1
\n1+1=2
\n1+2=3
\n2+3=5
\n3+5=8<\/p>\n

And this can go on forever!<\/p>\n

To make your own:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Draw boxes using the Fibonacci sequence\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Fibonacci<\/p>\n

and draw a curve through the diagonals of each box\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Fibonacci<\/p>\n

VOILA!<\/strong> A Fibonacci Spiral!<\/p>\n

All sorts of natural phenomena follow the Fibonacci spiral.<\/p>\n

\"hurricane \"shell\"<\/p>\n

Even our pets can get in on the fun!<\/p>\n

\"Fibonacci\u00a0 \u00a0\"Sleeping<\/p>\n

\"Fibonacci\u00a0 \u00a0\"Fibonacci<\/p>\n

Books on Display:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature’s numbers : the unreal reality of mathematical imagination<\/a> \/ Ian Stewart. (Math 510 ST492N)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers<\/a> \/ by Richard A. Dunlap. (Math 512.72 D921g1997)<\/p>\n

Mathematics in nature : modeling patterns in the natural world<\/a> \/ John A. Adam. (Math 511.8 Ad13m)<\/p>\n

Mathematics in nature : modeling patterns in the natural world<\/a> \/ John A. Adam. (E-Book)<\/p>\n

Fabulous Fibonacci numbers<\/a> \/ Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann ; afterword by Herbert A. Hauptman. (Math 512.72 P84f)<\/p>\n

Finding Fibonacci : the quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world<\/a> \/ Keith Devlin. (Math 510.92 F44d)<\/p>\n

New visual perspectives on Fibonacci numbers<\/a> \/ K.T. Atanassov [and others]. (Math 512.72 N42)<\/p>\n

Wild Fibonacci : nature’s secret code revealed<\/a> \/by Joy N. Hulme ; illustrations by Carol Schwartz. (SSHEL S.512.72 H878w)<\/p>\n

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A special thanks to Kitty Garner, Grainger Engineering Library Graduate Assistant, for creating this Mathematics Library exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}