What Is the Golden Ratio?
2. The Fibonacci Sequence
The Fibonacci sequence is named after the Italian mathematician, Leonardo Fibonacci, who is credited with writing about the phenomenon. The sequence goes that each number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers preceding it. For example, the fourth number is 5 because the previous two numbers were 2 and 3.
The golden ratio and the Fibonacci are not the same thing, but the two are still closely related. Take any two numbers in the Fibonacci sequence and the number will always be close to the golden ratio. What’s more is that the higher up the Fibonacci sequence you go, the closer the number will be to the golden ratio.
