Mathematics & Computer Science
Fibonacci-type sequence (matrameru)
c. 200 BCE - 1150 CEPingala; Virahanka; HemachandraChandahshastra tradition; Hemachandra (c.1150)Pan-Indian / unspecified
200 BCE
The additive sequence 1,2,3,5,8... arising from counting syllable patterns, described before Fibonacci.
- Dated
- 200 BCE–1150
- As scholars put it
- c. 200 BCE - 1150 CE
- Originator
- Pingala; Virahanka; Hemachandra
- Source text
- Chandahshastra tradition; Hemachandra (c.1150)
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Mathematics & Computer Science
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Named for Fibonacci (1202).
Fair to say
Sometimes better called the Hemachandra numbers in the Indian context.
Path to modern innovation
Appears throughout mathematics, biology and computer science.
200 BCEFibonacci-type sequence (matrameru)Transmission
Independent later work in Europe.
References
- 1Hemachandra
- 2D. Knuth, TAOCP vol. 1 (notes the Indian origin)
Further reading
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