Fibonacci, Leonardo Pisano
Italian Number Theorist 1175–1240
Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci (c. 1175–c. 1240) is considered by many to be the greatest number theorist of the Middle Ages. The ...
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Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci
c. 1170-c. 1250
Italian Mathematician
Atowering figure in the history of mathematics—to say nothing of mathematical studies during the medieval period—Leonardo ...
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The Italian mathematician and merchant Leonardo Fibonacci (ca. 1180-ca. 1250), also known as Leonardo of Pisa, was the most original and capable mathematician of the medieval Christian world.Leonardo ...
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Fibonacci was born in Pisa, Italy, which at that time was a great mercantile and trading city. Fibonacci's father was administrator of Pisa's trading center in Algeria, and young Leonardo often accomp...
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Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci is considered one of the most talented mathematicians of the Middle Ages. He is credited with introducing the Hindu-Arabic numbering system into western European culture at t...
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