Fibonacci-type sequence
What Fibonacci-type sequence means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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A sequence where each term is formed by adding the two previous terms, and the starting terms need not be 1 and 1.
A sequence formed by adding the two previous terms, for example 2, 5, 7, 12.
A sequence in which each term after the first two is their preceding two terms' sum.
Topics that use Fibonacci-type sequence
- Sequences (AQA GCSE)
- Algebra - Sequences (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- coefficient of n²
- Common ratio
- First difference
- position-to-term rule
- quadratic sequence
- Second difference
- Sequence
- term-to-term rule
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