Fibonacci Numbers - Power Series

Power Series

The generating function of the Fibonacci sequence is the power series

This series has a simple and interesting closed-form solution for :

This solution can be proven by using the Fibonacci recurrence to expand each coefficient in the infinite sum defining :

\begin{align} s(x) &= \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} F_k x^k \\ &= F_0 + F_1x + \sum_{k=2}^{\infty} \left( F_{k-1} + F_{k-2} \right) x^k \\ &= x + \sum_{k=2}^{\infty} F_{k-1} x^k + \sum_{k=2}^{\infty} F_{k-2} x^k \\ &= x + x\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} F_k x^k + x^2\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} F_k x^k \\ &= x + x s(x) + x^2 s(x). \end{align}

Solving the equation for results in the closed form solution.

In particular, math puzzle-books note the curious value, or more generally

for all integers .

More generally,

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