Leonardo Fibonacci

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Leonardo Fibonacci was a 13th-century Italian mathematician renowned for introducing the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe and for popularizing the number sequence that now bears his name.

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Leonardo Pisano 2
Fibonacci 1
Leonardo Fibonacci canonical 1

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instanceOf Italian mathematician
human
mathematician
medieval mathematician
alsoKnownAs Leonardo Fibonacci
surface form: Leonardo Pisano

Leonardo Fibonacci
surface form: Leonardo Pisano Bigollo

Leonardo Fibonacci
surface form: Leonardo of Pisa
approximateDateOfBirth c. 1170
approximateDateOfDeath c. 1240
c. 1250
birthPlace Pisa
Republic of Pisa
centuryOfActivity 13th century
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Republic of Pisa
describedInWork Liber Abaci
educatedIn North Africa
familyName Fibonacci
fieldOfWork arithmetic
mathematics
number theory
genreOfWrittenWork mathematical treatise
givenName Leonardo
hasConceptNamedAfter Fibonacci sequence
surface form: Fibonacci numbers

Fibonacci sequence
Fibonacci spiral
influenced European mathematics
development of arithmetic in Europe
influencedBy Arabic mathematics
Hindu mathematics
knownFor Fibonacci sequence
use of Hindu–Arabic numerals in commerce
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
notableAchievement introduced Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe
popularized the Fibonacci sequence
notableWork Flos
Liber Abaci
Liber Quadratorum
Practica Geometriae
occupation mathematician
placeOfActivity Holy Roman Empire
Pisa
promotedNumeralSystem Hindu–Arabic numeral system
subjectOf historical studies on medieval mathematics
usedNumeralSystem Hindu–Arabic numeral system
wroteAbout commercial arithmetic
geometry
number theory

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Fibonacci sequence namedAfter Leonardo Fibonacci
Hindu–Arabic numeral system popularizedBy Leonardo Fibonacci
this entity surface form: Fibonacci
Leonardo Fibonacci alsoKnownAs Leonardo Fibonacci
this entity surface form: Leonardo of Pisa
Leonardo Fibonacci alsoKnownAs Leonardo Fibonacci
this entity surface form: Leonardo Pisano
Leonardo Fibonacci alsoKnownAs Leonardo Fibonacci
this entity surface form: Leonardo Pisano Bigollo
Pisano period namedAfter Leonardo Fibonacci
this entity surface form: Leonardo Pisano