Fibonacci Number, Golden Ratio and their
Connection to Different Floras

Subhrajit Sarma; Rama Kanta Bhuyan

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V61P514

International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology

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Volume 61 | Number 2 | Year 2018 | Article Id. IJMTT-V61P514 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V61P514

Fibonacci Number, Golden Ratio and their Connection to Different Floras

Subhrajit Sarma, Rama Kanta Bhuyan

Abstract

Mathematics has its great application in expression of natural beauty of living organisms. Many floras and faunas express different mathematical formulas such as Fibonacci numbers, golden spirals etc. in different structures. In plants, golden spirals generally appear everywhere from the leaf arrangement to the patters of petals of flower, from the bracts of a pine cone to the scale of a pineapple. In the present investigation, appearance of Fibonacci number and golden spirals was studied in different plants. Out of these five plants, Fibonacci number was studied in petals of daisy and golden spiral was studied in the seeds of Sunflower, bracts of pine cone, fern –fiddle head and aloe vera plant respectively.

Keywords

Fibonacci number, golden ratio, golden spiral, flora

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Citation :

Subhrajit Sarma, Rama Kanta Bhuyan, "Fibonacci Number, Golden Ratio and their Connection to Different Floras," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 95-99, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V61P514