- Pisano period
In
mathematics , the "n"th Pisano period, written π("n"), is the period with which thesequence ofFibonacci number s, modulo "n" repeats. For example, the Fibonacci numbers mod 3 are num|0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, etc., with the first eight numbers repeating, so π(3) = 8.The first Pisano periods (sequence in OEIS) and their cycles (with spaces before the zeros for readability) are:
Term
Pisano periods are named after Leonardo Pisano, better known as
Fibonacci .References
* [http://maths.dur.ac.uk/~dma0rcj/PED/fib.pdf Matrix methods for Fibonacci and related sequences]
External links
* [http://www.math.temple.edu/~renault/fibonacci/fiblist.html Table of Pisano periods]
* [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PisanoPeriod.html Mathworld article on Pisano periods]
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