MATM Flashcards
is the study of pattern and structure.
Mathematics
is fundamental to the physical and biological sciences, engineering and information technology, to economics and increasingly to the social sciences.
Mathematics
is a useful way to think about nature and our world.
Mathematics
is a tool to quantify, organize and control our world, predict phenomena and make life easier for us.
Mathematics
helps make sense of these patterns and occurrences.
MATHEMATICS
are visible regularities of form found in the natural world and can also be seen in
the universe.
patterns in nature
which are not just to be admired, they are vital clues to the rules that govern natural processes.
Nature patterns
he lived between 1170 and 1250 in Italy.
●”Fibonacci” was his nickname, which roughly means “Son of Bonacci”.
Leonardo Pisano Bogollo
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…
Fibonacci number
●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).
Fibonacci number
was discovered after an investigation on the reproduction of rabbits
Fibonacci sequence
can be written as a “Rule“
●First, the terms are numbered from 0 onwards like this:
Fibonacci Sequence
can be expresses as the ratio between two numbers
Golden ratio
a/b= a+b/a
golden ratio
is also sometimes called the golden section, golden mean, golden number, divine proportion, divine section and golden proportion.
Golden Ratio
system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves
language