In case anyone is interested... # Retrieved from: http://en.literateprograms.org/Fibonacci_numbers_(Python)?oldid=10746
# Recursion with memoization memo = {0:0, 1:1} def fib(n): if not n in memo: memo[n] = fib(n-1) + fib(n-2) return memo[n] # Quick exact computation of large individual Fibonacci numbers def powLF(n): if n == 1: return (1, 1) L, F = powLF(n/2) L, F = (L**2 + 5*F**2) >> 1, L*F if n & 1: return ((L + 5*F)>>1, (L + F) >>1) else: return (L, F) def fib(n): return powLF(n)[1] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list