Test if a number is fibonacci

Question

I know how to make the list of the Fibonacci numbers, but i don\'t know how can i test if a given number belongs to the fibonacci list - one way that comes in mind is genera

Answer 1

If your numbers are of bounded size, than simply putting all fibonacci numbers below the upper bound into a hashtable and testing containment will do the trick. There are very few fibonacci numbers (for example, only 38 below 5mln), since they grow exponentially.

If your numbers are not of bounded size, then the suggested trick with square testing will almost surely be slower than generating the fibonacci sequence until the number is found or exceeded.