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Sum of squares of Fibonacci numbers

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

Given a positive integer N. The task is to find the sum of squares of all Fibonacci numbers up to N-th Fibonacci number. That is, 
 

f02 + f12 + f22+.......+fn2 

where fi indicates i-th fibonacci number.


Fibonacci numbers: f0=0 and f1=1 and fi=fi-1 + fi-2 for all i>=2.
Examples: 
 

Input: N = 3
Output: 6
Explanation: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 6

Input: N = 6
Output: 104
Explanation: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 9 + 25 + 64 = 104


 


Method 1: Find all Fibonacci numbers till N and add up their squares. This method will take O(n) time complexity.
Below is the implementation of this approach: 
 


Output: 
Sum of squares of Fibonacci numbers is : 104

 

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

Method 2: We know that for i-th Fibonacci number,
 

fi+1 = fi + fi-1 for all i>0

Or, fi = fi+1 - fi-1 for all i>0
Or, fi2 = fifi+1 - fi-1fi


So for any n>0 we see,
 

f02 + f12 + f22+.......+fn2 
= f02 + ( f1f2- f0f1)+(f2f3 - f1f2 ) +.............+ (fnfn+1 - fn-1fn
= fnfn+1 (Since f0 = 0) 
 


This identity also satisfies for n=0 (For n=0, f02 = 0 = f0 f1).
Therefore, to find the sum, it is only needed to find fn and fn+1. To find fn in O (log n) time. Refer to Method 5 or method 6 of this article.
Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 


Output: 
Sum of Squares of Fibonacci numbers is : 104

 

Time Complexity: O(logn)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

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