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    Fibonacci numbers form a sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, starting from 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, etc. This sequence was described in India in the 6th century and studied by Leonardo Fibonacci in the 12th century, though he did not discover it. The Fibonacci sequence has many applications in nature - the number of petals in flowers and spirals in pinecones often correspond to Fibonacci numbers. The golden ratio, approximately 1.618, is also closely linked to Fibonacci numbers and appears throughout nature, art, architecture, and even in proportions of the human body. Measurements of the Kaaba in Mecca also relate to the golden ratio,

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    Fibonacci numbers form a sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, starting from 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, etc. This sequence was described in India in the 6th century and studied by Leonardo Fibonacci in the 12th century, though he did not discover it. The Fibonacci sequence has many applications in nature - the number of petals in flowers and spirals in pinecones often correspond to Fibonacci numbers. The golden ratio, approximately 1.618, is also closely linked to Fibonacci numbers and appears throughout nature, art, architecture, and even in proportions of the human body. Measurements of the Kaaba in Mecca also relate to the golden ratio,

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    Fibonacci numbers form a sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, starting from 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, etc. This sequence was described in India in the 6th century and studied by Leonardo Fibonacci in the 12th century, though he did not discover it. The Fibonacci sequence has many applications in nature - the number of petals in flowers and spirals in pinecones often correspond to Fibonacci numbers. The golden ratio, approximately 1.618, is also closely linked to Fibonacci numbers and appears throughout nature, art, architecture, and even in proportions of the human body. Measurements of the Kaaba in Mecca also relate to the golden ratio,

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    Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Ratio

    “Solitary flame of mathematical genius during the middle ages” (V. Hoggatt). This quotes
    was refer to Leonardo Fibonacci the man that discover about Fibonacci sequence. Leonardo
    was an Italian mathematician who lived around 1170 to 1250. He spent most of his life in
    Pisa. The name of ‘Fibonacci’ is mostly known today not because Leonardo was the man
    who introduced into Europe but the first known references is in the Sanskrit tradition of
    Prosody. Prosody was important in ancient Indian ritual. In the sixth century, the Indian
    mathematician Virahanka showed how the sequence arises in the analysis of metres with
    long and short syllables. Around 1135 and 1150, this sequences were discussed by Gopal
    and Hemachandra.

    In other words, Leonardo did not discovers the sequence that bears his name. The
    sequence was given that name by the French Mathematician Eduord Lucas in 1870s. The
    rabbit problem was just one of many hundreds of worked examples Leonardo gave in his
    book, Liber Abbaci to help people master the new arithmetic. What is Fibonacci Numbers?
    What is the applications of Fibonacci Numbers?

    Fibonacci Numbers or Fibonacci Sequences is an unending sequence of natural numbers


    that begins from

    1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, …

    The rule for producing the new numbers in the sequence is that each number is the sum of
    the two preceding numbers, so 1+1=2, 2+3=5, etc. This is how Leonardo solved the rabbit
    problem.

    The speciality and uniqueness of Fibonacci numbers was unnoticed evidence that occurs in
    the life of nature. Studies that has been conducted by mathematicians has proved that
    Fibonacci numbers exists in nature such as plants, animal and even human beings.

    Among the fact the fact that there was the Fibonacci numbers is the number of petals on a
    flower. For examples, the number of petal for a Columbine; 5 petals, Black-eyed Susan; 13
    petals, Shasta Daisy; 21 petals, Field Daisies; 34 petals and too many kind of flower that
    have petals in Fibonacci numbers (G. Roberts, 2012)

    Moreover, a sunflower head or the base of a pine cone have spirals going in opposite
    directions. The amount of spiral in sunflower will be noticed 34 clockwise paired respectively
    with 21 anticlockwise.
    For addition, Fibonacci numbers are very closely linked to the golden ratio, ɸ also known as
    phi. Phi in Fibonacci numbers are the result of the division of two Fibonacci numbers. For
    example, 89/55 = 1.6182 ... 144/89 = 1.6179 ... 233/144 = 1.6181 and will always remain on
    the 1618 figure. Golden Ration is the sum between two quantities and the larger one is the
    same as the ratio between the larger one and the smallest. It is approximately 1.618. There
    are various relationships between Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Ratio, particularly
    among God’s creation.

    For example, a human finger be measured in Fibonacci sequence 2, 3, 5, 8, and if the


    measured finger lengths and compared to dimpled finger length, the golden ratio, 1. 618 will
    be produced. In 16th century, a philosopher Heinrich Agrippa had been discovered a
    relationship to the golden ratio with drew a man over a pentagram inside a circle. This is
    mean that all parts of human’s body was closed to the Golden Ratio.

    Moreover, Golden Rectangle is any rectangle that has length and breadth equal to golden
    ratio. The correlation between mathematics and arts have also been shown since Egypt and
    Greek that mentioned the use of golden ratio in a square in the design of monument. For
    example, Egyptian Pyramids, the Parthenon and the Colloseum. The Pyramid of Egypt
    described that the difference between base and high of pyramid will produced the golden
    ratio.

    In addition, the Golden spiral can be exists inside the Golden Square. Golden Spiral is a
    spiral that derived from the Fibonacci sequence. For instance, the sea shells that have spiral
    hard shells. The comparison between the long line at the front of spiral and a subsequent
    spiral it will give a result of golden ratio, it is 1.618. The same applies to anything that is
    created in nature and have a circle in a spiral, such as the turbulent waves, eggs, human’s
    ear, and many more when the differences between the past and the previous long spiral
    produced a golden ratio.

    The most special and mysterious in Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Ratio is concerned with
    the Kaaba in Mecca, which is the centre of the universe. This is proved where the distance
    measured towards Northern of Mecca is 7631.68 km, while the distance measured towards
    Southern of Mecca is 12348.32 km. When the two distances are compared, 12348.32 /
    7631.68, then it showed the value of phi result, 1.618034299.

    Besides, this mysterious is also closely linked in the Qur’an about Mecca in Surah Ali Imran
    verse 96. The total number of letters in the verse is 47 letters. If it is divided by the number
    phi, 47 / 1.618 = 29. The number 29 is the number of letters from the beginning of the
    sentence up to the words Mecca. This Verse shows that the existence of Kaabah is an
    approximately value of phi. As in the formula, 47 / 29 will produced 1.621 closed to the
    nearest phi, 1.618. This showed that the Kaaba in Mecca is one of the magical things about
    Fibonacci number and Golden Ratio.

    In conclusion, the series of Fibonacci numbers and the Golden ratio truly proved that all the
    nature in the world was created not by human but there is a special program that regulates
    all life on earth. As Plato said, ‘Figures, in time, will guide us to the truth’.

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