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pisano period

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
pisano pe-ri-od
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period (of repetition) of the sequence of Fibonacci numbers reduced modulo a given natural number (≥1); it can be considered to be a function π(n) where n is the modulus of reduction (see modular arithmetic) and the function returns the period (of the reduced Fibonacci sequence) corresponding to that given modulus.

Etymology

Named after Leonardo Bigollo Pisano a.k.a. Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1240–1250).

Inflected Forms

Pisano periods (plural)

Questions

What does pisano period mean?
The period (of repetition) of the sequence of Fibonacci numbers reduced modulo a given natural number (≥1); it can be considered to be a function π(n) where n is the modulus of reduction (see modular arithmetic) and the function returns the period (of the reduced Fibonacci sequence) corresponding to that given modulus.
Where does pisano period come from?
Named after Leonardo Bigollo Pisano a.k.a. Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1240–1250).

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