Fibonacci was the outstanding mathematician of the Middle Ages. His famous work on arithmetic, alge¬bra, and number theory, the Líber abad, carried on the work of Arable mathematicians and established Arabic numeráis and the decimal system throughout Europe. In this work, Fibonacci began the fruitful practice of representing various numbers in a problem by a single letter. He is known also for his discussion of an interesting sequence of numbers called the Fibonacci series.
Fibonacci spiral |
Fibonacci numbers are also connected with the golden section, a geometric ratio known to ancient philosophers. The golden section is created by dividing a line segment into two parts so that the ratio of the smaller part to the larger part is the same as the ratio of the larger part to the whole line segment.
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