A Fibonacci quotient

• Martin Griffiths ^[1] ; Surajit Rajagopal ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Essex

     University of Essex

     Colchester District, Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] University of Oxford

     University of Oxford

     Oxford District, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: International journal of mathematical education in science and technology, ISSN 0020-739X, Vol. 47, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 139-144
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article, we describe the outcome of a mathematical collaboration between a university lecturer and an undergraduate student. The resulting investigation concerned a particular divisibility property of the Fibonacci numbers, and indeed it seems that a new result was found in this regard. An interesting point to be made here is that, although the mathematical content was relatively straightforward, this joint exploration did, in a very modest sense, mirror certain key aspects of the research process.