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After more than a thousand years of stagnation and decay the rejuvenation and revitalization of western mathematics, particularly algebra and number theory, starts with Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci (ca. 1180–1250).
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Scharlau, W., Opolka, H. (1985). Fermat. In: From Fermat to Minkowski. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1867-6_2
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