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9780126431308

Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci)

by Sigler
  • ISBN13:

    9780126431308

  • ISBN10:

    0126431302

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780080886503

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1987-01-28
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Summary

The Book of Squares by Fibonacci is a gem in the mathematical literature and one of the most important mathematical treatises written in the Middle Ages. It is a collection of theorems on indeterminate analysis and equations of second degree which yield, among other results, a solution to a problem proposed by Master John of Palermo to Leonardo at the Court of Frederick II. The book was dedicated and presented to the Emperor at Pisa in 1225. Dating back to the 13th century the book exhibits the early and continued fascination of men with our number system and the relationship among numbers with special properties such as prime numbers, squares, and odd numbers. The faithful translation into modern English and the commentary by the translator make this book accessible to professional mathematicians and amateurs who have always been intrigued by the lure of our number system.

Table of Contents

Prologue
Introduction
Find Two Square Numbers Which Sum to a Square Number
Any Square Number Exceeds the Square Immediately Before It by the Sum of the Roots
There is Another Way of Finding Two Squares Which Make a Square Number with Their Sum
A Sequence of Squares is Produced from the Ordered Sums of Odd Numbers Which Run from 1 to Infinity
Find Two Numbers So That the Sum of Their Squares Makes a Square Formed by the Sum of the Squares of Two Other Given Numbers
A Number is Obtained Which is Equal to the Sum of Two Squares in Two, Three, or Four Ways
Find in Another Way a Square Number Which is Equal to the Sum of Two Square Numbers
Two Squares Can Again be Found Whose Sum Will be the Square of the Sum of the Squares of Any Two Given Numbers
Find Two Numbers Which Have the Sum of Their Squares Equal to a Nonsquare Number Which is Itself the Sum of the Squares of Two Given Numbers
Find the Sum of the Squares of Consecutive Numbers from the Unity to the Last
Find the Sum of the Squares of Consecutive Odd Numbers from the Unity to the Last
If Two Numbers are Relatively Prime and Have the Same Parity, Then the Product of the Numbers and Their Sum and Difference is a Multiple of Twenty-Four
The Mean of Symmetrically Disposed Numbers is the Center
Find a Number Which Added to a Square Number and Subtracted from a Square Number Yields Always a Square Number
Square Multiples of Congruous Numbers are Congruous Numbers
Find a Congruous Number Which is a Square Multiple of Five
Find a Square Number Which Increased or Diminished by Five Yields a Square Number
If Any Two Numbers Have an Even Sum, Then the Ratio of Their Sum to Their Difference is Not Equal to the Ratio of the Larger to the Smaller
Find a Square Number for Which the Sum and the Difference of It and Its Root is a Square Number
A Square Number is Found Which When Twice Its Root is Added or Subtracted Always Makes a Square Number
For Any Three Consecutive Odd Squares, the Greatest Square Exceeds the Middle Square by Eight More Than the Middle Square Exceeds the Least Square
Find in a Given Ratio the Two Differences Among Three Squares
Find Three Square Numbers So That the Sum of the First and the Second As Well As All Three Numbers are Square Numbers
The Question Proposed by Master Theodore
References
Index
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