The Fibonacci Association

{{short description|Organization for research on Fibonacci numbers}}

The Fibonacci Association is a mathematical organization that specializes in the Fibonacci number sequence and related topics in mathematics.{{citation

| last = Howard | first = Fredric T.

| date = February 2005

| doi = 10.1080/10724117.2005.12021808

| issue = 3

| journal = Math Horizons

| page = 31

| title = The Fibonacci Association

| volume = 12}}

History

The organization was founded in 1963 by Brother Alfred Brousseau FSC of Saint Mary's College of California and Verner E. Hoggatt Jr. of San Jose State College (now San Jose State University), together with Stanley L. Basin, Terrance A. Brennan, {{ill|Paul F. Byrd|de}}, and I. Dale Ruggles.{{citation

| last = Bicknell-Johnson | first = Marjorie

| journal = Fibonacci Quarterly

| pages = 2–5

| title = A short history of The Fibonacci Quarterly

| url = https://www.fq.math.ca/Scanned/25-1/bicknell.pdf

| volume = 25

| year = 1987| doi = 10.1080/00150517.1987.12429719

}}

Publications

Since the year of its founding, the Fibonacci Association has published an international mathematical journal, The Fibonacci Quarterly.

The Fibonacci Association also publishes proceedings for its international conferences, held every two years since 1984.

References

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