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Liber Abaci
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Liber Abaci, Fibonacci's 1202 treatise, is the primary text that introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and their arithmetic to a European audience. Its strength is that it is the founding primary source itself for this transmission. Its limit is that it is a medieval mathematical text, not a modern historical account of how the numerals actually spread through Europe afterward, which needs a separate scholarly source.
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Fibonacci's Liber Abaci, 1202, the top tier reflecting the founding primary source itself for the transmission of Hindu-Arabic numerals to a European audience. Its limit is that it is a medieval mathematical text, not a modern historical account of how the numerals actually spread through Europe afterward, which needs a separate scholarly source. NotesFibonacci's own primary text, the work that introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and their arithmetic to a European audience.
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AuthorLeonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci)
Publication Year1202
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Europe directly: "numerals and their arithmetic to a European audience."
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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