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Convergence

Fibonacci → φ

Divide each term by the one before it. The answer overshoots, then undershoots, then overshoots by less — closing on the golden ratio. The tiling beside it is the same fact drawn: squares of Fibonacci sides fill a rectangle whose proportions are that very ratio.

Fibonacci square tilingn ≤ 2

Term 2

1

1 + 0

Ratio to previous

1.000000000000

φ = 1.618033988750

Absolute error

6.180e-1

Halving roughly every step

Last 12 ratios

over φunder φ