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In 12 century India, Hemacandra also studied meter, as did
his countryman many centuries earlier. After creating a matrix
of all of the rhythmic possibilities of a binary pattern with a
ratio of 2:1[1]he discovered a sequence in which each
subsequent number - following the first two - is created by
adding the sum of the two preceding numbers (Koshy, 2001).
This series later became known as the Fibonacci sequence,
after the Italian mathematician, Leonardo Fibonacci, who
introduced it to Europe in the 13th century. Educated in North
Africa, Fibonacci then travelled widely with his father for
business. After visiting India, he spoke of the advantages of
the Hindu-Arabic system of mathematics. He later introduced
this system, including the now-famous sequence, to Europe.
Thus he became prominent as a result (Brown, 2008).
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