The Fibonacci sequence (0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21....) is named after the 13th century Italian mathematician who discovered the sequence. He was born in the Republic of Pisa and is widely considered the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. Over the centuries, the mathematician has been known by various names in addition to Fibonacci. These include Leonardo of Pisa and Leonardo Bonacci,
Fibonacci posed and solved a problem involving the growth of a population of rabbits based on idealized assumptions. The solution, generation by generation, was a sequence of numbers later known as Fibonacci numbers. Although Fibonacci's Liber Abaci contains the earliest known description of the sequence outside of India, the sequence had been described by Indian mathematicians as early as the sixth century.
In the Fibonacci sequence, each number is the sum of the previous two numbers. Fibonacci omitted the "0" and first "1" included today and began the sequence with 1, 2, 3, ... . He carried the calculation up to the thirteenth place, the value 233, though another manuscript carries it to the next place, the value 377.
Since Fibonacci's original work, many mathematicians have studied the properties the sequence of numbers and observed the sequence in various natural processes.
In honor of Fibonacci's work, this sequence leads you around the great natural harbor of Gig Harbor. Each cache in the sequence has a letter on the container. Collect all of the letters and use them to gain the coordinates for GC8BXMH Fibonacci Sequence Final by putting the word into the Certitude tester with the link on the cache page.
Have fun on your tour of the Gig Harbor waterfront.