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ID | 49 |
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First Name | Joel |
Last Name | Haack |
Institution | University of Northern Iowa |
Speaker Category | faculty |
Title of Talk | How did Leonardo Pisano find three rational squares that differ by 5? |
Abstract | This problem, which has often seemed intractable to students in a history of mathematics class, can in fact be approached in an understandable fashion, following Leonardo's own development in the Liber Quadratorum. |
Subject area(s) | History of Mathematics, number theory |
Suitable for undergraduates? | Yes |
Day Preference | |
Computer Needed? | N |
Bringing a laptop? | N |
Overhead Needed? | Y |
Software requests | |
Special Needs | |
Date Submitted | 3/4/2004 |
Year | 2004 |