Difference between revisions of "Sum of squares of Fibonacci numbers"

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* {{PaperReference|A Primer on the Fibonacci Sequence Part I|1963|S.L. Basin|author2=V.E. Hoggatt, Jr.|prev=F(n+m+1)=F(n+1)F(m+1)+F(n)F(m)|next=L(n)^2-5F(n)^2=4(-1)^n}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:35, 25 May 2017

Theorem

The following formula holds: $$\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^n F_k^2 = F_n F_{n+1},$$ where $F_k$ denotes the $k$th Fibonacci number.

Proof

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