Leonardo Pisano, later better known as Fibonacci, is born in Pisa.
Fibonacci learns the Hindu-Arabic numeral system during his stay with his father in Bugia.
Fibonacci publiceert zijn beroemde boek waarin hij het Hindoe-Arabische cijfersysteem introduceert in Europa, samen met het konijnenprobleem.
Emperor Frederick II invites Fibonacci to a mathematical duel at his court.
Leonardo Pisano dies, probably in his native city of Pisa.
The French mathematician Édouard Lucas officially names the number sequence after Fibonacci and introduces the related Lucas numbers.
Botanists and natural scientists discover that Fibonacci patterns occur everywhere in nature, from sunflowers to seashells.
Computer scientists develop the Fibonacci heap, an efficient data structure based on the mathematical properties of the sequence.
Researchers explore how Fibonacci sequences can contribute to more efficient quantum algorithms and neural networks.
Future space settlements use Fibonacci spirals as the basis for efficient, aesthetic and structurally stable design.
Michael Fredman and Robert Tarjan introduced this advanced data structure that significantly sped up algorithms for shortest-path problems. The name honours Fibonacci because of the underlying number-theoretic properties that make the structure efficient. This shows how medieval mathematics is still relevant in modern technology. One can imagine an abstract visualisation of tree structures and networks on a computer screen.