- Born Leonardo Pisano but better known by his nickname Fibonacci
- Born and died in Italy but educated in North Africa
- Traveled widely with his father
- Wrote Liber Abaci which was based on the math he acquired during his travels
- Best known for the Fibonacci sequence 1,1,2,35,8,13,21,34,55,... each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers
- First to note n2+ (2n+1) = (n+1)2
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