| Date: | Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:40:57 +0000 |
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| Reply-To: | "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV> |
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| Subject: | Re: The introduction of modern arithmetic to the West in the 13th
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yeah, I love the Fibonacci series
http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Category:Fibonacci_series
Ron Fehd sequencing maven
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-
> l@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Nat Wooding
> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:41 PM
> To: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu
> Subject: OT: The introduction of modern arithmetic to the West in
> the 13th century
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> The following story appeared on NPR this morning (15Jul2011). It
> tells of Fibonacci's 1202 publication of a book on how to do
> arithmetic using Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals.
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> Nat Wooding
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> http://www.npr.org/2011/07/16/137845241/fibonaccis-numbers-the-man-behind-the-math
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