Conventions for recreational problems in Fibonacci’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">Liber Abbaci</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | John Hannah |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Fibonacci’s treatment of so-called recreational problems in his Liber Abbaci has been interpreted as an early episode both in the history of systems of linear equations, and in the history of negative
numbers. However, these problems are also interesting in their own right. We discuss some of the conventions which seem to
have governed these problems. By considering certain pairs of problems, where one problem is unsolvable and its partner is
solvable, we show that Fibonacci went to a significant effort to conform to these conventions. We also examine the methods
which he could have used to construct his problems. |
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