On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Conrad Schneiker wrote:
> That version wouldn't be the golden ratio or golden mean (also known as 
> the constant PHI) by any chance, would it?
>     1.6180339887498948482045868343656381177203091798...

Yes it is. That's the solution of x*x=x+1 and of 1/x=x-1 and it's the
average of 1 and 5**.5, and the continued fraction made of an infinite
list of ones, and the limit of fibonacci(x+1)/fibonacci(x) for x towards
infinity, and it is also true that (5**.5)*fibonacci(x) == phi**x -
(-phi)**(-x)

matju