Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci

1170 - 1250

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Leonard of Pisa or Fibonacci played an important role in reviving ancient mathematics and made significant contributions of his own. Liber abaci introduced the Hindu-Arabic place-valued decimal system and the use of Arabic numerals into Europe.
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List of References (21 books/articles)

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Other Web sites
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. Astroseti (A Spanish translation of this biography)
  3. K Devlin
  4. NNDB
  5. R Knott (Fibonacci numbers and other links)
  1. R Knott (A biography)
  2. Pass Magazine
  3. Karen H Parshall
  4. Clark Kimberling (Including an article by A F Horadam)
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