The mathematical sequence “0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13…” is named after which mathematician? Answer
The mathematical sequence that begins “0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13…” is named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo Pisano, who is more widely known by his nickname, Fibonacci. Although the sequence itself had been recognized and studied in ancient India centuries prior, it was Fibonacci who introduced it to the Western world through his influential 1202 treatise, Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation).
In Liber Abaci, Fibonacci presented the sequence while addressing a practical problem concerning the idealized growth of a rabbit population. The problem posed was: if a newly born pair of rabbits (one male, one female) are placed in a field, and if every month, each pair produces a new pair, which in turn becomes productive from their second month, how many pairs will there be after a year? The numbers generated by the solution to this seemingly simple problem form the very sequence where each successive number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.