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Gopala / Hemachandra

I've removed the clause from the introduction that says that the numbers are also called the "Gopala-Hemachandra numbers". The page already mentions that Fibonacci was anticipated by Gopala and Hemachandra, and I find no evidence that the numbers are actually called the "Gopala-Hemachandra numbers".

I'm also going to redirect the Gopala-Hemachandra numbers article to this one, since the two phrases mean the same thing and that article contains nothing that isn't already in this one.

-- Dominus 14:16, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Addendum: even the external research paper linked to from the Gopala-Hemachandra numbers page does not refer to the numbers as the "Gopala-Hemachandra numbers". It says "The numbers in the sequence are called Fibonacci numbers." The phrase "Gopala-Hemachandra numbers" does not appear in that paper.

-- Dominus 14:18, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

i agree that the internal reaseach paper linked to from the page definatley does not refer to the numbers as gopala-hemachandra numbers.i have checked twice over and it does not apper in the paper. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.1.35.46 (talk) 14:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I note we still have a page Gopala-Hemachandra number (no s at the end) which is not a redirect. I've now redirected it to here. --Salix alba (talk) 14:53, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Bartok

From the "Application" section: "It is commonly thought that the first movement of Béla Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta was structured using Fibonacci numbers."

Well maybe it is commonly thought, but that doesn't mean it is true. Until someone can come up with an explanation on why that movement has 88 bars and not 89 as the Fibonacci sequence would suggest, I would like to see this part removed from the article. NguyenVanThoc 22:41, 30 November 2007 (UTC)