Edouard Zeckendorf


Born May 2, 1901, died May 16, 1983. Belgian Army doctor, mathematician. He obtained his medical from the University of Liège. During World War II he was a prisoner of war. In mathematics, he studied the Fibonacci numbersDlmfMathworldPlanetmath extensively and formulated Zeckendorf’s theorem, about the representation of integers as sums of Fibonacci numbers.

Title Edouard Zeckendorf
Canonical name EdouardZeckendorf
Date of creation 2013-03-22 16:04:00
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Synonym E. Zeckendorf
Synonym Edouard Zeckendorff