Given
where a and
b are solutions of the quadratic equation x2-x-1=0 and
a > b show that
(1)ab = -1, a+ b = 1
(2)
(3)F1=F2=1 and Fn + Fn+1 = Fn+2 and hence Fn is the
nth Fibonacci number and (4) the sum
1 + F1 + F2 + ¼Fn gives another Fibonacci number.