Mathematician:Simon Jacob

Mathematician
German reckoner about whom little is known.

Published a book demonstrating that he understood some facts about the Fibonacci numbers that were not rediscovered until centuries later.

Nationality
Bavarian

History

 * Born: c. 1500 possibly in Coburg, Bavaria
 * Died: 24 June 1564 in Frankfurt/Main

Theorems and Definitions

 * Ratio of Consecutive Fibonacci Numbers

Publications

 * 1560: