MMW Flashcards
Same thing always happens in the same circumstances
Regularity
Regular and repeated firm, way or design
Pattern
Visible regularities found in the natural world
Patterns in Nature
Pattern formed of geometric shapes
Geometric pattern
One shape becomes exactly like another
Symmetry
Half of an image is the mirror image
Reflective/line symmetry
Can be turned around a center point and match itself some number of times
Rational Symmetry
Never ending pattern
Fractal
Curve which emanates from a point
Spiral
Regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns
Meander
Transfers energy through matter or space with little or no associated mass
Wave
Transfers energy through matter or space with little or no associated mass
Wave
Tilling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes
Tessellation
They have functions which increases the chances that the offspring of the patterned animal
Spots and Stripes
Series of bands or strips
Stripes
Numbers are nature’s numbering system
Fibonacci Numbers
Fibonacci is named after
Leonardo of Pisa or Leonardo Pisano
Formula of Fibonacci Sequence
Fn = Fn-1 + Fn-2
Used by mathematicians to communicate mathematical ideas. Uses technical terms and grammatical convention
Language of Mathematics
Used to express a formula or to represent a constant
Symbols
Make the expression well-formed
Syntax
Very accurate and exact about the details of something
Precise
Say things briefly/clear
Concise
Express complex thoughts with relative case
Powerful
Analogue of an English noun
Mathematical Expression
Correct arrangement used to represent a mathematical object of interest
Mathematical Expression
Collection of one or more terms
Mathematical Expression
It is a correct arrangement of mathematical symbols that states a complete thought.
Mathematical Sentence
Generally agreed upon mathematician
Mathematical Convention
Hierarchy of mathematical operations, that determine which operation should be done before or after others
Order of Operations
Nature of Mathematics
A. Partly Invented
B. Much of it is discovered
Contained notches meant to track the lunar phases in relation to the menstrual cycle
The Ishango Bone
The Ishango Bone was discovered in the area of
Ishango near Semliki River
For the purpose of managing irrigation, apportioning lands and taxes
Sexagesimal system of Sumerians
One of the early mathematical discoveries which had a huge impact in architecture and in the history of the development of mathematics itself
Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem Formula
a²+b²=c²
Mathematical is a science of quality
Aristotle
It is the science of indirect measurement
Auguste Comte
Mathematics is a science that draws necessary conclusion
Benjamin Pierce
All mathematics is a symbolic logic
Bertrand Russell
