Liber abaci (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Liber abaci》(英語表記)Liberabaci
Liber abaci (English spelling)

…His fame reached the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and in his later years, the Republic of Pisa bestowed upon him the title of "Leonardo eminently learned" and granted him a pension. His major work, Liber abaci (also known as the Book of Arithmetic, 1202, revised 1228), was a groundbreaking work that introduced the method of calculation using Indo-Arabic numerals (today's Arabic numerals) to the European world. …

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Japanese:

…その名声は,時の神聖ローマ帝国皇帝フリードリヒ2世にも届き,晩年にはピサ共和国から〈卓越し学識あるレオナルド〉の名を与えられ,年金を供与されたことが記録に残されている。主著《アバクスの書Liber abaci》(別称《算術の書》。1202,1228改訂)は,インド・アラビア式数字(今日の算用数字)による筆算法をヨーロッパ世界に伝えた画期的な書物である。…

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