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The Matrix Connection: Fibonacci and Inductive Proof
Veenstra, Tamara B.; Miller, Catherine M.
Mathematics Teacher, v99 n5 p328-333 Jan 2006
This article presents several activities (some involving graphing calculators) designed to guide students to discover several interesting properties of Fibonacci numbers. Then, we explore interesting connections between Fibonacci numbers and matrices; using this connection and induction we prove divisibility properties of Fibonacci numbers.
Descriptors: Numbers, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction, Class Activities, Mathematics Activities, Matrices, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic, Algebra, Educational Technology
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