Lucas number

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Etymology[edit]

Named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas.

Noun[edit]

Lucas number (plural Lucas numbers)

  1. Any member of an integer sequence that has the same recursive relationship as the Fibonacci sequence, i.e. each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but with different starting values such that the ratios of successive terms approach the golden ratio.

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