A FIBONACCI CROSTIC

MARJORIEBICKNELL
A. C. Wilcox High School, Santa Clara, California

Use the definitions below to write the words to which they refer; then
enter the appropriate letters in the diagram to complete a quotation from a
mathematical work. The first letters of the defined words give the author
and title from which the quotation is taken. The end of each word is indicated
by a black square following it.
A. The first, fourth,
and fifth clue numbers for word A; also,
76 40 36 29 18
the sum of its five
clue numbers.
23 17 65 88 66 '
43 156 124 42
B. A Fibonacci
count-down.
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B 32
3
66 188 I115
32 3322 '' T75
175 52 38
C. An undiscovered
169 24" 46
46
138
138 T05 T
T5T
5T 184
184 105 90
90 161
number.
D. Compass point.

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130 T50 T85 T4 39 13C

12 99
E. Rank given by
subscript of first
positive Fibonacci
number divisible by
a number.
F. See G.

19

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11

129

93

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G. Platonic solid in
which the (word F) of ___
a diagonal of a face
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to an edge is the
Golden Section.
H. Phyllotaxis finds
the numbers of A
57 26
9 20 57 28 84 104 16
and J here and in
V.

I.
E = IR.
J. See H and first
eight clue numbers
of J.

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K. Secret emblem
of the Pythagoreans.

109

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146 56 94 49 44 22 82 146

L. Boundless.
M. Music of the

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N. Type of number
in which the sum of
the aliquot divisors
exceeds the number
itself.

54

O. Exponents used
in hand computations.

539

37

133

118

48

158

155 "167

1*36 Tl2

135

116

P. Necessary
and sufficient.

140

33

79

14

153

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HI

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85

87

152

108

172

60

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R. He proved
i
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S. Horizontal
arrays.

T54 T73 159" T66

T. The Golden
Section.
U. Asked secretly
by the mathematic ally uniniatiated
about phyllotaxis,
the Golden Section,
and the ubiquity of
Fibonacci numbers.
V. See H.

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137

103

98

W. What 5x2?
Pascal 1 s triangle, j ^ ^
and friction have
in common.
X.. Hypothesis

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