Fibonacci

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Fibonacci

• Born in Pisa in 1175
• Nickname Fibonacci
• Real name Leonardo Pisano or Leonardo of Pisa

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Fibonaccis Name

• His real name is Leonardo of Pisa or Pisano. He
  got the nickname of Fibonacci when he started
  writing, like many authors do.
• He got his last name of Pisa or Pisano
  because he was born in Pisa,Italy.

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Fibonaccis Sequence

• Fibonaccis sequence is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,
  34, 55, 89, 144.
• In Fibonaccis famous sequence, each number is
  the sum of the previous two.
• Fibonaccis sequence can be found in his famous
  rabbit problemIf a pair of rabbits were put into
  a walled enclosure (room) to breed, how many
  pairs of rabbits will there be after a year if it
  is assumed that every month each pair produces
  one new pair, which begins to bear young two
  months after its own birth?

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Facts About Fibonaccis Life

• Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who lived
  c.a. 1120-1240.
• He traveled a lot on business with his father and
  was exposed to many different mathematical
  techniques in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry,
  used throughout the world, which he collected in
  books for people to learn without having to
  travel the world.
• Fibonacci also wrote a book called Liber Abaci
  which introduced Aribic numerals into European
  mathematics.

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Accomplishments

• To become a famous mathematician.
• He is widely known.
• He introduced Arabic numerals to Europe.
• He made the Fibonacci sequence.

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Bibliography

• Books
• Fascinating Fibonacci. Dale Seymour Publishing
  Page 1
• PortraitsDale Seymour Publishing Fibonacci page
• CD Rom
• Fibonacci Encarta. Microsoft 1997.
• Internet-World Wide Web
• www.encarta.msn.com/index/concise/OVOL39/06D76000.
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