The Fibonnaci sequence was an essential part of the plot of The Da Vinci Code.Īfter much trial and error, we found a formula which fitted. Then the judge let on that the key to the code was based on the Fibonnaci sequence - the mathematical progression which is based on adding the two preceding numbers in the series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and so on. forward and back a little in the alphabet, but this revealed no sensible phrase.This spelled a jumble: "JAEIEXTOST" and so on. Reading further, the italicisation of random letters continued. The judge was laying a trail, denoting the code with his own name, in a style after The Da Vinci Code. This revealed that there was an italicised "s" and, reading carefully, the first 10 italicised letters spelled out "SMITHYCODE". He told me to scrutinise paragraph one of the judgment more closely. Then I received an email from Mr Justice Peter Smith. High court judges simply do not do such things.īut it did seem ironic that a judgment in such a case should appear to have such an eccentricity running though it. The case centred on two books - one non-fiction, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, and one fiction, The Da Vinci Code - both dedicated to the subject of encryption and hidden messages, but I did not seriously consider that the judge could have implanted a hidden message in the judgment.
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