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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1175-1250), also known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician and is best known for the invention of the Fibonacci numbers and his role in the introducton of the [Hindu numerals]? to Europe. |
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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1175-1250), also known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician and is best known for the invention of the Fibonacci numbers and his role in the introducton of the [Hindu numerals]? to Europe. |
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Perceiving the superiority of these so-called [Arabic numbers]?, Fibonacci travelled throughout the Mediterranean world to study under the leading Arab mathematicians of the time. In 1202, at age 27, he published what he had learned in [Liber Abaci]?, or Book of the Abacus. This book showed the practical importance of the new number system by applying it to commercial bookkeeping, conversion of weights and measures, the calculation of interests, money-changing, and numerous other applications. The book was enthusiastically received throughout educated Europe and had a profound impact on European thought. |
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Perceiving the superiority of these so-called Arabic numerals, Fibonacci travelled throughout the Mediterranean world to study under the leading Arab mathematicians of the time. In 1202, at age 27, he published what he had learned in [Liber Abaci]?, or Book of the Abacus. This book showed the practical importance of the new number system by applying it to commercial bookkeeping, conversion of weights and measures, the calculation of interests, money-changing, and numerous other applications. The book was enthusiastically received throughout educated Europe and had a profound impact on European thought. |
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