The ``unknown heritage: trace of a forgotten locus of mathematical sophistication

DOI10.1007/s00407-008-0025-yzbMath1172.01001OpenAlexW2108876700MaRDI QIDQ2271770

Jens Høyrup

Publication date: 4 August 2009

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://rucforsk.ruc.dk/ws/files/4339903/3_2007_1_Jens.pdf

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Fibonacciheritage problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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