Given the formula for the nth Fibonacci number, namely
where a and b
are solutions of the quadratic equation x2-x-1=0 and a > b, prove that
(1)
, (2) Fn2 + Fn+12 = F2n+1 where Fn is the
nth Fibonacci number and
(3) for any four consecutive Fibonacci numbers
Fn ¼Fn+3 the formula
is the square of another
Fibonacci number giving a Pythagorean triple.