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bossk171

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Registered: 2007-07-16

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Fibonacci paper

I've written a paper on beauty in mathematics for my English 101 class that uses the Fibonacci sequence to show why I feel math is an art and not a science. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to look it over... If so, what's the best way to make a copy available to read? Is there a way to upload an attachment or do I have to give out my email? It's currently saved as a word (2003) file.

Thanks in advance.

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LuisRodg

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Registered: 2007-10-23

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Re: Fibonacci paper

I guess you could upload the .doc document in any free upload site and provide the link here?

Ricky

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Re: Fibonacci paper

Yes Luis.  They are called "File hosts", though most will typically only hold on to your file for a week.  The alternate is to copy the text here, so long as there are no images and diagrams involved.

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bossk171

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Re: Fibonacci paper

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f695 … f6e8ebb871

It's pretty diagram heavy, so I guess this is the best way to do it. I'm a little more concerned with the supplement file, I'm not sure if I did the induction the right way (I'm familiar with induction, but I often get hung up on some particulars). It's lengthy, but any feedback would be absolutely wonderful.

Thanks

Last edited by bossk171 (2009-03-29 05:04:33)

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LuisRodg

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Re: Fibonacci paper

Sorry for not being useful, but I read the whole thing and really liked it. It kept me interested the whole time I was reading.

If I have more time later I will criticize it and give you more useful feedback!

By the way, I love the fact you are writing this for an English class

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John E. Franklin

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Re: Fibonacci paper

Nice read!  My son mentioned the beauty of fibonacci numbers in nature just yesterday.
The fractions inside the fractions repeating stuff is hard to understand for me since it has no end, I don't know how to compute it.  The enthusiasm in the paper is wonderful.  I like the mention of plantlife with patterns and spirals in the growth.

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Daniel123

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Registered: 2007-05-23

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Re: Fibonacci paper

It interested me to the extent that my bath overflowed whilst reading it.

My english teacher would shoot me if I handed anything like this in, though.

Well done

You've added a "b" at the end of "continuing" on the seventh page.

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bossk171

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Registered: 2007-07-16

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Re: Fibonacci paper

Wow, thanks for the positive feedback, but to be honest I was hoping for something more negative.

Thank you everyone, and it's not due for another week so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

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mathsyperson

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Re: Fibonacci paper

Sorry to disappoint, but I was impressed by it as well.

The one thing I noticed was that it seemed to jump between 'english essay' and 'maths paper', as if it was unsure who was meant to be reading it. Then again, the maths parts are needed because without them you'd have no demonstrations, so I can't think of a good way to change that.

Apart from that, just run it through a spellchecker to catch tpyos and it'll be perfect!

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bossk171

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Registered: 2007-07-16

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Re: Fibonacci paper

Mathysperson: That was my biggest concern. I had a long talk with my Professor about how it read like a sloppy merging of two different papers, and I'm still not happy with the result.

Has anyone taken the chance to look at the Appendix (research paper supplement)? It's less engilshy, but I was hoping someone could look over the math.

Thanks again.

Last edited by bossk171 (2009-03-29 09:58:17)

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There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who can use induction.