According to E. Brown, Numeri Vergiliani (Brussels 1963) p. 12 n. 1: "The Fibonacci progression [is the] additive series which fastest converges to the golden ratio."
Brown sees a Fibonacci series as informing the structure of G. 1.204-58; see pp. 19-20. Was there a prize to the 400th subscriber? Or perhaps the prizes should go to those whose subscriptions fall within the Fibonacci sequence? David Wilson-Okamura wrote: > 1. This morning Mantovano reached the 400-subscriber mark. > > 2. This morning I rec'd the following from a producer at BBC Radio Scotland: > > "I am producing a half hour science documentary on the mathematician > Fibonacci and the Fibonacci number sequence for BBC Radio Scotland. One of > my colleagues has heard that the Fibonacci sequence occurs in the poems of > Vergil - which were obviously written long before the time of Fibonacci. > I wondered if you knew anything about this or could steer me to some-one who > might?" > > Anyone know anything about this? Duckworth found the Golden Section > everywhere in Virgil's poetry, but I don't recall anything about the > Fibonacci sequence. Otfried? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Wilson-Okamura http://www.virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Chicago Online Virgil discussion, bibliography & links > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
