Fibonacci’s Computation Methods vs Modern Algorithms

Autori

  • Ernesto Burattini Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/409

Parole chiave:

Leonardo Fibonacci, edizione critica del Liber Abaci di Fibonacci, matematica medievale, programmazione C

Abstract

In this paper we discuss some computational procedures given by Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci in his famous Liber Abaci book, and we propose their translation into a modern language for computers (C ++). Among the other we describe the method of “cross” multiplication, we evaluate its computational complexity in algorithmic terms and we show the output of a C ++ code that describes the development of the method applied to the product of two integers. In a similar way we show the operations performed on fractions introduced by Fibonacci. Thanks to the possibility to reproduce on a computer, the Fibonacci’s different computational procedures, it was possible to identify some calculation errors present in the different versions of the original text.

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Pubblicato

2013-12-16

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Burattini, Ernesto. 2013. «Fibonacci’s Computation Methods Vs Modern Algorithms». Reti Medievali Rivista 14 (2):211-39. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/409.

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