SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
MIRJAM NILSSON
MATHEMATICS
IN THE MODERN
WORLD
MATHEMATICS
IN THE MODERN
WORLD
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
MIRJAM NILSSON
MATHEMATICS
IN THE MODERN
WORLD
MATHEMATICS
IN THE MODERN
WORLD
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
MIRJAM NILSSON
MATHEMATICS
IN THE
MODERN WORLD
COURSE DESCPRIPTION:
This course deals with the
nature of mathematics,
appreciation of its practical,
intellectual and aesthetic
dimensions and application of
mathematical tools in daily life.
This subject discusses the
nature of mathematics as an
exploration of patterns and as an
application of inductive and
deductive reasoning.
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
MIRJAM NILSSON
MATHEMATICS
IN THE
MODERN WORLD
Byexploringtopicsinthis
subject,studentsmaygobeyond
thetypicalunderstandingof
mathematicsasmerelyasetof
formulasbutasasourceof
aestheticsinpatternsofnature
andarichlanguageinitself
governedbylogicandreasoning.
OUTLINE TOPICS:
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âNATURE OF MATHEMATICS
OUTLINE TOPICS:
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âMATHEMATICS AS A PRACTICAL TOOL
âNATURE OF MATHEMATICS
OUTLINE TOPICS:
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âMATHEMATICS AS A PRACTICAL TOOL
âNATURE OF MATHEMATICS
âTOOLS FROM ADVANCED
MATHEMATICS
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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After completing this module, you must be able to:
Identify patterns in nature and regularities in the
world.
Articulate the importance of mathematics in oneâs
life.
Argue about the nature of mathematics, what is
it, how it is expressed, represented and used.
Express appreciation for mathematics as a human
endeavor.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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After completing this module, you must be able to:
Identify patterns in nature and regularities in the
world.
Articulate the importance of mathematics in oneâs
life.
Argue about the nature of mathematics, what is
it, how it is expressed, represented and used.
Express appreciation for mathematics as a human
endeavor.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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After completing this module, you must be able to:
Identify patterns in nature and regularities in the
world.
Articulate the importance of mathematics in oneâs
life.
Argue about the nature of mathematics, what is
it, how it is expressed, represented and used.
Express appreciation for mathematics as a human
endeavor.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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After completing this module, you must be able to:
Identify patterns in nature and regularities in the
world.
Articulate the importance of mathematics in oneâs
life.
Argue about the nature of mathematics, what is
it, how it is expressed, represented and used.
Express appreciation for mathematics as a human
endeavor.
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS ?
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS ?
âMathematicsisthestudyofpatternandstructure.
Mathematicsisfundamentaltothephysicaland
biologicalsciences,engineeringandinformation
technology,toeconomicsandincreasinglytothesocial
sciences.
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS ?
âMathematicsisausefulwaytothinkaboutnature
andourworld.
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS ?
âMathematicsisatooltoquantify,organizeand
controlourworld,predictphenomenaandmakelife
easierforus.
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS ?
âMathematicsisaformoflanguage.Itisalsoabody
ofknowledge.
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS ?
As language, we use it to name and describe objects or
events that reveal quantity, form, pattern ang change.
As a body of knowledge, it is a set of concepts and
relations among concepts whose properties and
characteristics are obtained through logical reasoning.
WHERE IS
MATHEMATICS?
Many patterns and occurrences exists in nature, in our world, in our life.
Mathematics helps make sense of theses patterns and occurrences.
WHAT ROLE DOES MATHEMATICS
PLAY IN OUR WORLD?
âMathematics helps organize patterns and regularities in our world.
âMathematics helps control nature and occurrences in the world for
our own ends.
âMathematics helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena
in the world.
âMathematics has numerous applications in the world making it
indispensable.
PATTERNS AND
NUMBERS IN
NATURE AND
THE WORLD
PATTERNS
Patterns are regular,
repeated or recurring forms
of designs.
Patters in nature are visible
regularities of form found
in the natural world and can
also be seen in the
universe.
PATTERNS
1. Patterns can be observed even in stars which
move in circles across the sky each day.
PATTERNS
2. The weather
season cycle each
year. All snowflakes
contains sixfold
symmetry which no
two are exactly the
same.
PATTERNS
3. Patterns can be seen in
fish patterns like spotted
trunkfish, spotted puffer,
spotted stingray, coral
grouper, redlionfish, and
angel fish. These fish
stripes and spots attest
to mathematical
regularities in biological
growth and form.
PATTERNS
4. Zebras, tigers, cats and
snakes are covered in
patterns of stripes; leopards
and hyenas are covered in
pattern of spots and giraffes
are covered in
pattern of blotches.
PATTERNS
6. Other patterns in nature can also be seen in honeycomb formed by bees,
snailâs shell and flower petals.
COMMON
TYPES OF
PATTERNS
IN NATURE
TYPES OF
PATTERNS IN
NATURE
1.Symmetry
2.Fractal
3.Spiral
4.Tessellation
TYPES OF
PATTERNS
1.Symmetry
â¢the quality of being made up of exactly similar
parts facing each other or around an axis.
1.1. Bilateral Symmetry
1.2. Radial Symmetry
TYPES OF PATTERNS
1.Symmetry
â¢Asymmetryinwhichtheleftandrightsidesof
theorganismcanbedividedintoapproximately
mirrorimageofeachotheralongthemidline.
1.1. Bilateral Symmetry
TYPES OF PATTERNS
2. Fractal
â¢A fractal isa never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely
complex patterns that are self-similar across different
scales.
â¢They are created by repeating a simple process over and
over in an ongoing feedback loop.
â¢For example, a tree grows by repetitive branching. This
same kind of branching can be seen in lightning bolts and
the veins in your body.
TYPES OF PATTERNS
2. Fractal
TYPES OF PATTERNS
3. Spiral
â¢Aspiralpatternwouldbedescribedasacircularpatternbeginning
atacenterpointandcirclingaroundthecenterpointasthe
patternmovesoutward.
TYPES OF PATTERNS
4. Tessellation
â¢isapatternofoneormoreshapesthatfittogetherwithnogaps
oroverlaps.
â¢Atessellationcancontinueonaplaneforever.
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COMPREHENSION CHECK:
IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF PATTERNS
IN NATURE.
SYMMETRY, SPIRAL,
FRACTAL, TESSELLATION
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IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF PATTERN
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