The Fibonacci sequence is rather close to my heart. My grandfather showed it to me when I was very young, and it has proven a veritable fountain of discovery over the years. It is no coincidence that it was the subject of my first blog post.

However, there are those in this world who do not share my fondness. One such person is Matt Parker1. I’m a big fan of Matt’s, with his appearances in various math communication things and fantastic youtube channel, but I have one major point of contention: his position on the apparent superiority of Lucas numbers.

The issues start with this video he hosted for numberphile2: