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Python Challenges: Find the index of the first term in the Fibonacci sequence to contain 500 digits


Write a Python program to find the index of the first term in the Fibonacci sequence to contain 500 digits.

In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers, commonly denoted Fn form a sequence, called the Fibonacci sequence, such that each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, starting from 0 and 1
The Fibonacci sequence is defined by the recurrence relation:
Fn = Fn−1 + Fn−2, where F1 = 1 and F2 = 1.
Hence the first 12 terms will be:
F1 = 1
F2 = 1
F3 = 2
F4 = 3
F5 = 5
F6 = 8
F7 = 13
F8 = 21
F9 = 34
F10 = 55
F11 = 89
F12 = 144
The 12th term, F12, is the first term to contain three digits.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

import itertools
def Fibonacci_sequence(n):
	DIGITS = n
	prev_num = 1
	cur_num = 0
	for i in itertools.count():
		# At this point, prev = fibonacci(i - 1) and cur = fibonacci(i)
		if len(str(cur_num)) > DIGITS:
			raise RuntimeError("Not found")
		elif len(str(cur_num)) == DIGITS:
			return str(i)
		prev_num, cur_num = cur_num, prev_num + cur_num

print(Fibonacci_sequence(500))

Sample Output:

2390

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