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Fibonacci Sequence Previously Mentioned
1,151 words... ely 1; adding 3 to this makes the second square, namely 4, whose root is 2; if to this sum is added a third odd number, namely 5, the third square will be produced, namely 9, whose root is 3; and so the sequence and series of square numbers always rise through the regular addition of odd numbers. Leonardo died sometime during the 1240 s, but his contributions to mathematics are still in use today. Now I would like to take a closer look at some of Leonardo's contributions along with some exam...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
1,339 wordsThe History of Pi A little known verse in the bible reads? And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it about (I Kings 7, 23). ? This passage from the bible demonstrates the ancient nature of the irrational number pi. Pi in fact is mentioned in a number of verses throughout the bible. In II Chronicles 4, 2, in the passage describing the building of the great temple of Solomo...
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