Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Fiboquadratic numbers and Rithmomachia Cover
Open Access
|Mar 2024

Abstract

This paper shows our discovery of the fiboquadratic numbers, quadratic Fibonacci numbers in rithmomachia. This board game consists in performing mathematical operations to attack an opponent through geometric numbered pieces. We will show that the numbers on the board pieces are the first terms of six sequences that we will define through a recursive pattern of superpartients. We then prove that this extension is the solution of a recurrence relation with initial conditions, and therefore, is unique. The fiboquadratic numbers we introduce in this work are not limited to the context of this board. In general, we can generate any fiboquadratic sequence with arbitrary initial conditions.

Language: English
Page range: 17 - 29
Published on: Mar 8, 2024
Published by: Ludus Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2024 Tomás Guardia, Douglas Jiménez, Alexander McCurdy, published by Ludus Association
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.