Which individual is credited with the discovery of mathematical ideas such as: numbers being more useful than counting physical objects and that formulas could help establish patterns in nature

Fibonacci

Explanation:

Fibonacci (Leonardo Bonacci) was an Italian Mathematician who was well known in the middle ages.

Fibonacci introduced the Fibonacci sequence to the western world and it is used to show that formulas could help establish patterns in nature. He also introduced the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to the western world which may have shown that numbers were more useful for counting than counting physical objects.

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