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Lucas numbers

The Lucas numbers are closely related to the Fibonacci numbers.

L(n) =

2 if n = 0

1 if n = 1

L(n-1) + L(n-2)

The Lucas numbers can be created with the exponents of the golden ratio

The n-th Lucas number can be created by

L(n) = int(φn + 0.5)