Were the Fibonacci series and the golden section known in ancient Egypt?
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Publication:1604660
DOI10.1006/HMAT.2001.2334zbMATH Open1009.01003OpenAlexW2046925923MaRDI QIDQ1604660FDOQ1604660
Authors: Corinna Rossi, Christopher A. Tout 
Publication date: 8 July 2002
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11311/997099
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