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Nature of Mathematics

The document discusses different aspects of mathematics found in nature, including patterns, numbers, the Fibonacci sequence, and the golden ratio. It explains how the Fibonacci sequence appears in patterns in nature like plant growth and describes how the ratio of successive Fibonacci numbers approaches the golden ratio. The document also provides examples of how mathematics is expressed and used to understand real-world phenomena.

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Nature of Mathematics

The document discusses different aspects of mathematics found in nature, including patterns, numbers, the Fibonacci sequence, and the golden ratio. It explains how the Fibonacci sequence appears in patterns in nature like plant growth and describes how the ratio of successive Fibonacci numbers approaches the golden ratio. The document also provides examples of how mathematics is expressed and used to understand real-world phenomena.

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I.

Nature of Mathematics: Mathematics in Our World

1.1. Patterns 1.2. 1.3. Golden


and Numbers Fibonacci Ratio
in Nature Sequence
and in World

Learning Outline
I. Nature of Mathematics: Mathematics in Our World

At the end of the chapter the students are expected:


To argue about the nature of mathematics, what it is,
how it is expressed, presented, and used.

To express appreciation for mathematics as human


endeavor.

Learning Outcomes
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
▪ What is it?
▪ Where is it?
▪ What is it for?
▪ How it is done?
▪ Who uses
Mathematics?
▪ Why is it
important to
learn or know?
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
PATTERNS AND NUMBERS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD

PATTERN defined as:


❑ Regular
❑ Repeated
❑ Recurring forms or designs
❑ Identify relationships
❑ Find logical connections to form generalizations
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
RECITATION
RECITATION
RECITATION
Nature of Mathematics
Patterns and Numbers
Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence

▪ His real name was Leonardo Pisano Bogollo, and he


lived between 1170 and 1250 in Italy.

▪ "Fibonacci" was his nickname, which roughly means


"Son of Bonacci".

▪ As well as being famous for the Fibonacci Sequence,


he helped spread Hindu-Arabic Numerals (like our
present numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) through
Europe in place of Roman Numerals (I, II, III, IV, V,
etc). That has saved us all a lot of trouble!.
Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence
Fibonacci Sequence

▪ Fibonacci number: is an integer in the infinite


sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, … of which the first
two terms are 1 and 1 and each succeeding…

▪ It displays unique mathematical properties that


make it useful in fields as diverse as astronomy
(distances between planets and the sun, and the
shape of galactic spirals), botany (growth
patterns of plants and trees), and financial
markets (price movements of securities).
Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence
Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence
Fibonacci Sequence
In Nature
Fibonacci Sequence
And several Biological Settings
Fibonacci Sequence
And several Biological Settings
Fibonacci Sequence
In Computer Science
Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence
▪ The Fibonacci Sequence can be written as a "Rule“
▪ First, the terms are numbered from 0 onwards like this:

▪ So term number 6 is called x6 (which equals 8).


▪ Simple Rule: Add the last two terms to get the next.
Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence

▪ So we can write the rule:


Nature of Mathematics
Fibonacci Sequence

▪ Where in:
RECITATION
RECITATION

1. Let Fib(n) be the nth term of the Fibonacci sequence


with Fib(2)= 1, Fib(3) =1, Fib (4)=2 and so on, find the
following:
(a) Fib(10)
(b) Fib (11)
(c) if Fib(23)= 17,711 and Fib(25)= 46,368, what is
Fib(24)?
Nature of Mathematics
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio
Nature of Mathematics
The Golden Ratio
Nature of Mathematics
The Golden Ratio
▪ And here is a surprise. When we take any two
successive (one after the other) Fibonacci Numbers,
their ratio is very close to the Golden Ratio "φ"
which is approximately 1.618034...

▪ In fact, the bigger the pair of Fibonacci Numbers, the


closer the approximation.

▪ The Golden Ratio is also sometimes called the golden


section, golden mean, golden number, divine
proportion, divine section and golden proportion.
Nature of Mathematics
The Golden Ratio

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