![]() To get the next Fibonacci number in the sequence, add 233 to 377 for 610. The sequence is derived by adding the preceding two numbers together to get the next one: ![]() The calculation of the above question led to the Fibonacci sequence. In his book Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation) he considered how many rabbits could be produced in a year if a pair is placed in a cage and each pair gives birth to a new pair every month (with the exception that each pair can only breed for the first time after two months). Although he laid the groundwork for commercial arithmetic and financial mathematics, he is nowadays mostly known for the Fibonacci numbers and sequence. ![]() His extensive travels in the Mediterranean as a child with his merchant father exposed him to many different techniques of arithmetic and accounting. Leonardo Bigollo Pisano, also known as Fibonacci, is considered one of the greatest mathematicians in Europe of the Middle Ages (476 AD – 1453 AD). ![]()
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