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LIFE WORKS OF

LEONARDO BONACCI (FIBONACCI)


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Leonardo Bonacci, better known as
Fibonacci, was a 13th century Italian
mathetician counted amongst the
greatest matheticians even to have
existed. He is credited to be the most
talented Western mathematicians and
popularized the Hindu- Arabic numeral
system to the Western World. He gave a
detailed account of the Hindu- Arabic
numeral system in his book the “Liber
Abaci”.
Major Works

Fibonacci is best known for his “liber


abaci”, in which he popularized the
system of the Hindu-Arabic numerals to
the Western World. He advocated the
use of the ten symbols –
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 0- and showed
how the system could be implemented
for practical porposes like commercial
bookkeeping and calculation of interest.
FIBONACCI

He advocated
the use of the
ten symbols –
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
9, and 0
In this work “practica Geometriae”, he
examined the techniques used in
surveying and the measurements and
partition of areas and volumes among
other topics in practice geometry.

The sequence of numbers, in which each


number is the sum of the previous two
numbers, was introduced by Fibonacci to
Western European Mathematics. Many other
mathematical concepts, like brah magupta
Fibonacci identity and the Fibonacci search
 The Liber Abaci, which was widely
copied and imitated, drew the
attention of the holy Roman emperor
Fredrick II he was invited to appear
before the emperor of Pisa.
Education is the most powerful
weapon which you can use to
change the world.
-Nelson Mandel

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