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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 ia Paper 4 7C iii Solution by
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The same recurrence matrix hasTherefore , and in particular . Starting from and iterating,Consequently every nonnegative index divisible by five has a Fibonacci number divisible by five, including index zero. This directly proves the requested divisibility without assuming a general Fibonacci divisibility theorem.
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