Fibonacci

Fibonacci Sequence

  • Pingala
    100

    Pingala

    Pingala, an ISanskrit mathematician, cites the sequence in a story of his. TimeToast doesn't let me put BS dates, so i'll write it here. 200 B.C.
  • Period: 100 to

    Fibonacci and the Fibonacci Sequence

    The Origins of the Fibonacci Sequence
  • Virahanka Starts with the Sequence
    Jan 1, 700

    Virahanka Starts with the Sequence

    This is the first known time and person leading to the discovery of the Fibonacci Sequence
  • Gopala
    Jan 1, 1135

    Gopala

    Another one of the first few people to make noticings of this Sequence
  • Hemachandra
    Jan 1, 1150

    Hemachandra

    A Jain scholar who was one of the first to recognize the sequence, whoch he did roughly 50 years before Fibonacci himeself
  • Born
    Jan 1, 1170

    Born

    Fibonacci was born. His exact birth date was not specified.
  • Travels
    Jan 1, 1190

    Travels

    Fibonacci realizes that Arabic numerals are much more simpler than Roman Numerals, so he leaves to travel the Mediterranean sea, to spread his knowledge.
  • Returns!
    Jan 1, 1200

    Returns!

    Fibonacci returns from his travels, eager to share with others what he taught, and some other things he learned along the way.
  • Liber Abaci
    Jan 1, 1202

    Liber Abaci

    The book "Liber Abaci" comes out by a man named Leonardo of Pisa, also known as Fibonacci. The book entails about the sequence as he frst noticed, about a mating of rabbits.
  • Practica Geomitrae
    Jan 1, 1220

    Practica Geomitrae

    Practica Geomitrae (Practical Geometry), a book released by Fibonacci about geometry and trigonometry.
  • Emperor Frederick II
    Jan 1, 1220

    Emperor Frederick II

    Fibonacci meets with the Holy Emperor of Rome and the King of the Two Siciles to answer his questions about math
  • Flos
    Jan 1, 1225

    Flos

    Fibonacci releases the book "Flos" in answer to a list of problems posed by Johannes of Palermo.
  • Salary
    Jan 1, 1240

    Salary

    In 1240 the Republic of Pisa honored Fibonacci, known to them as Fibonacci Bigollo, by granting him a salary
  • The Death of..
    Jan 1, 1250

    The Death of..

    Fibonacci passes away in Pisa
  • Entitlement

    Entitlement

    Edouard Lucas dubs this sequence the "Fibonacci Sequence" in honor of it's discoverer.
  • Statue of Fibonacci

    Statue of Fibonacci

    In Pisa, a statue of Fibonacci that is roughly 15 feet tall was built in his honor