Monday, October 20, 2008

Rabbit poupulation Fibonacci sequence

Question :
A young pair of rabbits (one of each sex) is placed on an island. A pair
of rabbits does not breed until they are 2 months old. After they are
2 months old, each pair of rabbits produces another pair each month.
Find a recurrence relation for the number of rabbits on the island
after n months, assuming that no rabbits ever die.

Solution :
Suppose there are An rabbits after n months.
Then number of rabbits born in (n+1)th month is : An+1 - An.
An+2
= 2*number of rabbits in nth month + number of rabbits born in (n+1)th month.
= 2*An + An+1 - An
= An + An+1
= Fibonacci sequence

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