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ZikO <zebik@op.pl> wrote in message <gptkie$kcq$1@news.onet.pl>...
> > Can't you do something recursive like you can with Miaxima?  This is one of their examples...
> 
> I don't understand it.
> 
> > fib[0]:0;
> > fib[1]:1;
> > fib[n]:=fib[n-1]+fib[n-2];
> 
> is this still MATLAB code?
> 
> > fib(1476);

<snip>
 
> and how did u obtain that?

Someone mentioned the symbolic toolbox, so I thought I'd have a fiddle with Maxima (a free equivalent and fun to play with).  The 4 lines above are all it takes.

John's FEX posting is awsome though if you just want to use big numbers.