Leonardo of Pisa (c1170 – 1250), commonly known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, who wrote an arithmetic treatise called [[Liber Abaci]] ( the book of the abacus) in 1202. In this book, Fibonacci describes a problem concerning rabbit popuations, the solution to which is the sequence:
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Leonardo of Pisa (c1170 – 1250), commonly known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, who wrote an arithmetic treatise called [[Liber Abaci]] ( the book of the abacus) in 1202. In this book, Fibonacci describes a problem concerning rabbit populations, the solution to which is the sequence: