2006-11-17 04:59:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
"The Fibonacci numbers first appear, under the name maatraameru (mountain of cadence), in the work of the Sanskrit grammarian Pingala (Chhandah-shāstra, the Art of Prosody, 450 or 200 BC). Prosody was important in ancient Indian ritual because of an emphasis on the purity of utterance. The Indian mathematician Virahanka (6th century AD) showed how the Fibonacci sequence arose in the analysis of metres with long and short syllables. Subsequently, the Jain philosopher Hemachandra (c.1150) composed a well known text on these. A commentary on Virahanka by Gopala in the 12th c. also revisits the problem in some detail."
2006-11-17 05:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by Albertan 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Leonardo Bonacci Leonardo Fibonacci of simply Fibonacci came from Pisa Italy.
2006-11-17 05:03:38 · answer #2 · answered by l_kur 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A better question would be. Why nature uses the Fibonacci progression in the design of tree growth and other tight leaf plants like cabbage and in seed plants like sunflowers.
Fibonacci was a 13th century mathematician in Pisa Italy.
2006-11-17 06:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by HeyDude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italy.
2006-11-17 05:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was born in Pisa, Italy
2006-11-17 05:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Spinach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a really interesting bit of history. Read about it at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number#Origins
2006-11-17 05:04:52 · answer #6 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italy, but dont know which region
2006-11-17 05:02:20 · answer #7 · answered by herbal ashtray 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋