Science News, June 12th, 1999
Computer scientist Divakar Viswanath has discovered a new mathematical constant in the set of numbers called the Fibonacci sequence. Viswanath made his discovery by introducing an element of randomness into the Fibonacci sequence. His discovery offers a gateway to the powerful mathematics used to study the behavior of disordered materials. Uncovering a new mathematical constant It all started out with imaginary rabbits. In a book completed in the year 1202, mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (also known as Fibonacci) posed the following problem: How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in a y...
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