[seqfan] Re: A riddle to find a mathematician's name

[Sean A. Irvine]

Fibonacci "Liber Abaci"


On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 15:52, Olivier Gerard <olivier.gerard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Seqfans ,
>
> One of my correspondent wrote today to me with this problem
>
> I'm hoping to identify a mathematician (known by one name) who has a
> > sequence named for him/her and who authored a book with two words in the
> > title.  The other clue I have is that the word value (A = 1, B = 2, etc.)
> > of this mathematician's name and the word value of the sum of the two
> words
> > of the book title equal one another, and that word value is 62.
> > I was hoping that someone affiliated with your discussion group could
> help
> > me find the name of this mathematician and this book title.
>
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Olivier GERARD
>
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