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The remarkable number 1/89

Wow – this is a surprising finding:

The decimal expansion of 1/89 is just the Fibonacci series, added together in an appropriate fashion.

Specifically, think of the Fibonacci series as being a sequence of decimal fractions, arranged so the right most digit of the nth Fibonacci number is in the n+1th decimal place.

via The remarkable number 1/89.

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  1. characterzero
    June 17th, 2009 at 22:01 | #1

    That is incredible I love 1/89 almost as much as I love 1/0

  2. d
    June 17th, 2009 at 22:11 | #2

    damned interesting
    ): i need to relearn how to read proofs

  3. June 18th, 2009 at 10:29 | #3

    Yeah – what an astonishing relationship to find lurking inside some number.

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