Fibonacci sequence is a set of numbers that starts with a one or a zero,
which is then followed by a one, and keeps going based on the rules that each number (Fibonacci number) is equal to the sum of the two previous numbers. If the Fibonacci sequence is denoted F (n), where n is the first term in the sequence, the following equation obtains for n = 0, where the first two terms are defined as 0 and 1 by convention:
F (0) = 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 ...
In some texts, it is customary to use n = 1. In that case, the first two terms are defined as 1 and 1 by default, and therefore:
F (1) = 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 ...
The Fibonacci sequence was named after Leonardo Pisano, an Italian mathematician who lived from 1170 until 1250. He used arithmetics to illustrate a problem on breeding rabbits. "How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in a year, beginning with a single pair, if in every month each pair bears a new pair which becomes productive from the second month on?" The result can be expressed numerically as: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 ... Fibonacci sequence can be related to the golden ratio (approximately 1:1.6), the golden ratio occurs frequently throughout the world, both the Fibonacci and the golden ratio can be used for architecture, websites, and user interfaces.