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What is the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 15, 21 known as?

Question #124873. Asked by BIG_Flicker.
Last updated Jan 25 2012.
Originally posted Jan 25 2012 7:23 PM.

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I believe the sequence you are referring to would be 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. This is known as the Fibonacci number. It is arrived at by adding the first two numbers to the left of the third number to get the third number and so on throughout the sequence. 0+1=1, 1+1=2, 1+2=3 and so on.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number


Jan 25 2012, 7:30 PM
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