Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal Triangle

 

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Archimedes` constant PI and the Fibonacci Numbers

        

There are several formulae that use the Fibonacci numbers to compute PI.Well-known trigonometrical identity that can be used to prove one of this formulae is:



If we introduce supstitations:



where



We have:



The solution of this equation is:



We just proved the following arctanges relationship:



Now we get for x=1 the next relation:



Here`s another simple formula which Euler wrote about in 1738:



So, we get the next relation between Archimedes` constant PI and the Fibonacci numbers:



which only uses odd-indexed Fibonacci numbers.

        

        

     

     

        

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