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Fibonacci Calculator

Compute the nth Fibonacci number and the golden-ratio link.

Position

Fibonacci number F(20)

6,765

F(19)

4,181

Ratio to previous

1.61803396

Each term remembers two

Starting 1, 1, each Fibonacci number sums its two predecessors: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13… The sequence models branching growth — sunflower spirals, pinecone rows, and rabbit-population puzzles — anywhere the new generation adds to the old.

The golden limit

Consecutive ratios converge to the golden ratio φ = (1+√5)/2 ≈ 1.618 — by F(20)/F(19) the match is already eight digits deep. Binet's closed formula computes any term directly from powers of φ, no iteration required.

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