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Understanding Whole and Natural Numbers

This document defines and provides examples of several types of numbers: - Whole numbers include all non-negative integers from 0 to infinity, with no fractions allowed. - Counting numbers exclude 0 and include only positive integers from 1 to infinity. - Natural numbers can refer to either whole numbers or counting numbers depending on context. - Integers include all whole numbers and their negative counterparts, but still exclude fractions, ranging from negative infinity to positive infinity. - The Fibonacci sequence is defined by adding the two previous numbers, starting with 0 and 1, generating a sequence of numbers like 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc. used to solve Fibonacci's

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Understanding Whole and Natural Numbers

This document defines and provides examples of several types of numbers: - Whole numbers include all non-negative integers from 0 to infinity, with no fractions allowed. - Counting numbers exclude 0 and include only positive integers from 1 to infinity. - Natural numbers can refer to either whole numbers or counting numbers depending on context. - Integers include all whole numbers and their negative counterparts, but still exclude fractions, ranging from negative infinity to positive infinity. - The Fibonacci sequence is defined by adding the two previous numbers, starting with 0 and 1, generating a sequence of numbers like 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc. used to solve Fibonacci's

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Whole Numbers

Whole Numbers are simply the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … (and so on)

No Fractions!

Counting Numbers
Counting Numbers are Whole Numbers, but without the zero. Because
you can't "count" zero. So they are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … (and so on).

Natural Numbers
"Natural Numbers" can mean either "Counting Numbers" {1, 2, 3, ...}, or
"Whole Numbers" {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}, depending on the subject.

Integers
Integers are like whole numbers, but they also include negative
numbers ... but still no fractions allowed!

So, integers can be negative {-1, -2,-3, -4, -5, … }, positive {1, 2, 3, 4,
5, … }, or zero {0}
We can put that all together like this:
Integers = { ..., -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... }
FIBONACCI NUMBER
In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the following sequence:

 By definition, the first two Fibonacci numbers are 0 and 1, and each
subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.
 Some sources omit the initial 0, instead beginning the sequence with two
1s.

In mathematical terms, the sequence Fn of Fibonacci numbers is defined by


the recurrence relation

with seed values

Fibonacci's Problem:

"Start with a pair of rabbits, (one male and one female) born on January 1.
Assume that all months are of equal length and that :

1. Rabbits begin to produce young two months after their own birth;

2. After reaching the age of two months, each pair produces a mixed pair, (one
male, one female), and then another mixed pair each month thereafter; and

3. No rabbit dies.

How many pairs of rabbits will there be after one year?"

Fibonacci's Solution: The Fibonacci Sequence!

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...

So, at the end of the year, there will be 144 pairs of rabbits, all resulting
from the one original pair born on January 1 of that year.

 Each term in the Fibonacci sequence is called a Fibonacci number.

 As can be seen from the Fibonacci sequence, each Fibonacci number is


obtained by adding the two previous Fibonacci numbers together. For
example, the next Fibonacci number can be obtained by adding 144 and 89.
Thus, the next Fibonacci number is 233.

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