The sequence <math>(F_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}</math> is also considered using the [[symbolic method (combinatorics)|symbolic method]].<ref>{{citation |last1=Flajolet |first1=Philippe |last2=Sedgewick |first2=Robert |title=Analytic Combinatorics|title-link= Analytic Combinatorics |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521898065 |page=42}}</ref> More precisely, this sequence corresponds to a [[specifiable combinatorial class]]. The specification of this sequence is <math>\operatorname{Seq}(\mathcal{Z+Z^2})</math>. Indeed, as stated above, the <math>n</math>-th Fibonacci number equals the number of [[Composition (combinatorics)|combinatorial compositions]] (ordered [[integer partition|partitions]]) of <math>n-1</math> using terms 1 and 2.
It follows that the [[ordinary generating function]] of the Fibonacci sequence is the [[rational function]]