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ERIC Number: EJ046340
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1971
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Vectors Point Toward Pisa
Dean, Richard A.
Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 2, 2, 28-39, F 71
The author shows that the set of all sequences in which each term is the sum of the two previous terms forms a vector space of dimension two. He uses this result to obtain the formula for the Fibonacci sequence and applies the same technique to other linear recursive relations. (MM)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Instruction, Mathematics, Modern Mathematics, Number Concepts
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Identifiers: Vectors (Mathematics)