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Stepping Beyond Fibonacci Numbers Trying variants of a simple mathematical rule that yields interesting results can lead to additional discoveries and curiosities. |
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Designer Decimals Fractions can yield amazingly familiar decimal expansions. |
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Fibonacci's Missing Flowers The number of petals that a flower has isn't always a Fibonacci number. You have to be careful when you're building mathematical models of natural phenomena. |
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Beat The Heat (And Save Energy): Show Some Leg! Using the apparel industry's insulation measure, we calculated energy savings based on turning a building's AC or heat down by those degrees. |
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Golden Blossoms, Pi Flowers Fibonacci numbers (and the golden ratio) come up surprisingly often in nature, from the number of petals in various flowers to the number of scales along a spiral row in a pine cone. How do these numbers and the golden ratio arise? |
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On Learning the Awful Chinese Language You don't know how much you need to learn a new language until you live there. |
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