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Problem 269 of 333MediumLinear AlgebraP269

Fibonacci numbers in closed form

  1. The Fibonacci numbers satisfy F0=0F_0 = 0, F1=1F_1 = 1 and Fn+1=Fn+Fn−1F_{n+1} = F_n + F_{n-1}. Use linear algebra to find a closed form for FnF_n. Then explain how to compute FnF_n exactly using O(log⁡n)O(\log n) arithmetic operations.