The recent conquest of Premier League by Liverpool She brought not only joy to her fans, but also an unexpected mathematical discovery.
The series of Premier League championships won by the various teams (Liverpool has already reached the two mugs since 1992, while having 18 in the first division) ranking the teams with the least titles to most, reveals the following sequence:
Titles in the Premier League
| Blackburn | 1 |
| Leicester | 1 |
| Liverpool | 2 |
| Arsenal | 3 |
| Chelsea | 5 |
| Manchester City | 8 |
| Manchester United | 13 |
For the uninitiated, this order may mean nothing, but for mathematics lovers, it is immediately recognizable as the sequence Fibonacci. In this sequence, each number (after the first two) is the sum of the two previous ones.
The Fibonacci sequence appears in an incredible number of cases in nature, from seed spirals to sunflowers to pine rocks, and even on the pedigree trees of certain species of animals. The Fibonacci sequence was introduced to European science in 1202 by Leonardo of Pisa, also known as Fibonacci.
Coincidence;
It is really noteworthy to see the Fibonacci sequence appear in an unexpected environment such as the Premier League. We are immediately wondering: Is it just a coincidence or is there a hidden mechanism that explains this appearance? Just because we recognize a fibonacci sequence does not necessarily mean that there is a specific reason for it.
However, the discovery of such seemingly random coincidences can prove to be extremely useful for scientific progress. A typical example is the case of Alfred Wegener in 1912. Wegener observed the impressive resemblance between the coastlines of West Africa and Eastern South America, as if they were pieces of a puzzle. Despite the dominant beliefs of the time, which have excluded the movement of such enormous continental masses, Wegener formulated the theory of mainland slip.
His theory, published in 1915, was initially treated with skepticism and ridicule. The geologists rejected his idea, considering it unlikely and attributing the resemblance of coastlines to mere coincidence. But in the 1960s, the development of the theory of tectonic plates – which explains the movement of the mantle and the eartted cortex – confirmed the ideas of Wegener, which are now considered fundamental to understanding the geological history of the planet.
Thus, the case of the Fibonacci sequence in the Premier League invites us to carefully consider the phenomena around us and not immediately reject seemingly coincidences, as they may hide important information for understanding the world.