Zeckendorf's theorem

Zeckendorf's theorem

[′zek·ən‚dȯrfs ‚thir·əm]

(mathematics)

The theorem that any positive integer can be expressed as a sum of distinct Fibonacci numbers, no two of which are consecutive.

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