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Faster Fibonacci Algorithm

Problem

You would like to calculate a number N in the Fibonacci sequence but want to do it quickly.

Solution

The following solution (which can still be improved on) was originally talked about on Robin Houston's blog.

Here are a few links talking about the algorithm and ways to improve it: * http://bosker.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/the-worst-algorithm-in-the-world/ * http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~erowland/fibonacci * http://jsfromhell.com/classes/bignumber * http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~erowland/fibonacci * http://bigintegers.blogspot.com/2010/11/square-division-power-square-root * http://bugs.python.org/issue3451

This code is in gist form here: https://gist.github.com/1032685

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Author: Jason Giedymin <jasong _a_t_ apache -dot- org>
        http://www.jasongiedymin.com
        https://github.com/JasonGiedymin

This CoffeeScript Javascript Fast Fibonacci code is
based on the python code from Robin Houston's blog.
See below links.

A few things I want to introduce in time are implementations of
Newtonian, Burnikel / Ziegler, and Binet's algorithms on top
of a Big Number framework.

Todo:
- https://github.com/substack/node-bigint
- BZ and Newton mods.
- Timing

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MAXIMUM_JS_FIB_N = 1476

fib_bits = (n) ->
    #Represent an integer as an array of binary digits.

    bits = []
    while n > 0
        [n, bit] = divmodBasic n, 2
        bits.push bit

    bits.reverse()
    return bits

fibFast = (n) ->
    #Fast Fibonacci

    if n < 0
        console.log "Choose an number >= 0"
        return

    [a, b, c] = [1, 0, 1]

    for bit in fib_bits n
        if bit
            [a, b] = [(a+c)*b, b*b + c*c]
        else
            [a, b] = [a*a + b*b, (a+c)*b]

        c = a + b
        return b

divmodNewton = (x, y) ->
    throw new Error "Method not yet implemented yet."

divmodBZ = () ->
    throw new Error "Method not yet implemented yet."

divmodBasic = (x, y) ->
    ###
   Absolutely nothing special here. Maybe later versions will be Newtonian or
   Burnikel / Ziegler _if_ possible...
   ###

    return [(q = Math.floor x/y), (r = if x < y then x else x % y)]

start = (new Date).getTime();
calc_value = fibFast(MAXIMUM_JS_FIB_N)
diff = (new Date).getTime() - start;
console.log "[#{calc_value}] took #{diff} ms."

Discussion

Questions?