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    Mathematicians Discover the Fibonacci Numbers Hiding in Strange Spaces

    Recent explorations of unique geometric worlds reveal perplexing patterns, including the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio. The post Mathematicians Discover the Fibonacci Numbers Hiding in Strange Spaces first appeared on Quanta Magazine
    by Leila Sloman Oct 17, 2022 0 minutes

    Fourteen years ago, the mathematicians Dusa McDuff and Felix Schlenk stumbled upon a hidden geometric garden that is only now beginning to flower. The pair were interested in a certain kind of oblong shape, one that could be squeezed and folded up in very particular ways and stuffed inside a ball. They wondered: For a certain shape, how big does the ball need to be? As their results began to...

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    Originally published in Quanta Abstractions.

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