Pickett Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 I cannot tell a lie, although you may think I am with these sequences: 1) 2, 3, 5, 13, 89... 2) 3, 4, 5, 7, 11... 3) 1, 2, 3, 8, 24, 90... What are the next numbers in these sequences? All of them have something in common...really...I'm not lying. It may help to do them in the order that I have written them I don't really expect you to go very much further with the sequence without the use of a computer of some sort... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 You start with two. The second number in the fibonachi sequence is 3 The third number in the fibonachi sequence is 5 The fith number is 13, etc, etc, That is the first sequence, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) 1) 2, 3, 5, 13, 89, 144 - skip first 3 then take 3, skip 1 then take 1 2) 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12 - the Fibonacci numbers (F3, F4..)of the above sequence 3) not sure yet F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19 F20 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765 Edited February 16, 2009 by Snowman63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 You start with two. The second number in the fibonachi sequence is 3 The third number in the fibonachi sequence is 5 The fith number is 13, etc, etc, That is the first sequence, right? That's not right. The Fibonacci sequence is: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233 So, given your reasoning: Start with 2 2nd Fibonacci number is 1 1st Fibonacci number is 1 1st Fibonacci number is 1.... So that doesn't work. Even if you throw out the two 1's starting the sequence: Start with 2 2nd Fibonacci number is 3 3rd Fibonacci number is 5 5th Fibonacci number is 13 13th Fibonacci number is 610 (not 89) Fibonacci Primes: 2, 3, 5, 13, 89, 233, 1597, 28657... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) I agree with dwillyThe primes make more sense so: 1- 233 2- 13 3- still working on it Edited February 16, 2009 by Snowman63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 My attempt 1st one prime fibonnaci nos. nxt is 223 2nd one 3, 4, 5, 7, 11,18 1st order diff 1,1,2,4,7 2nd order diff 0,1,2,3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Fibonacci Primes: 2, 3, 5, 13, 89, 233, 1597, 28657... You are correct dwilly on the first sequence, and snowman is correct on the second sequence (assuming you know WHY it is the answer you gave)... So, yes, the first sequence is fibonacci primes, the second is the index of those primes in the fibonacci sequence. The third sequence isn't quite as tightly coupled to the other two...but still involves fibonacci...more math involved here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Again, #3 has something in common with numbers 1 and 2...and the formula for this sequence can be expressed in a simple fraction: X1/X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I cannot tell a lie, although you may think I am with these sequences:
1) 2, 3, 5, 13, 89...
2) 3, 4, 5, 7, 11...
3) 1, 2, 3, 8, 24, 90...
What are the next numbers in these sequences?
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