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Fibonacci number [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Architectural Design
DEF

... the ratio into which a line segment must be divided so that the entire length is to the long part as the long part is to the short. The value of the ratio is about 1.618.

CONT

From [the golden section] can be derived the golden number ... 1.618, which was widely claimed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to be the key to the beautiful proportions of Greek and other classical architecture.

CONT

Many artists believe that of all rectangles, the one whose length and width make a golden ratio has the most pleasing dimensions; hence the prominence of the golden ratio in architecture, exemplified by the Parthenon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

[...] en architecture, nombre idéal, égal à environ 1,618, correspondant à une proportion considérée comme particulièrement esthétique, celle de deux dimensions dont la plus grande est avec la plus petite dans le même rapport que la somme des deux avec la plus grande.

DEF

nombre réel irrationnel [...] définissant la proportion dorée.

OBS

nombre d'or : [...] L'expression, qui date de la Renaissance, désigne un nombre entouré de diverses spéculations qui se définit mathématiquement; c'est l'expression numérique d'un rapport défini par Euclide et qu'on appelait pendant la Renaissance section d'or ou section divine.

OBS

Voir aussi «section d'or» et «rectangle d'or».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Diseño arquitectónico
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Record 2 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

An integer in the Fibonacci series. [Definition officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

Fibonacci number: term officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Nombre entier dans la suite de Fibonacci. [Définition uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

nombre de Fibonacci : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Número entero en la serie de Fibonacci.

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Record 3 1989-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
  • Mathematics
CONT

In music an "octave" means 8, and each octave consists of 8 white keys and 5 black for a total of 13. All these are Fibonacci numbers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
  • Mathématiques
CONT

En musique, une octave signifie 8, et chaque octave est composée de huit blanches et cinq noires pour un total de treize notes. Ces chiffres sont tous des chiffres de Fibonacci.

Spanish

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