MMW Flashcards
sequences
or designs that are orderly and that repeat.
patterns
is when different sides of something are alike. These reflections may be mirror images with only two
sides like the two sides of our bodies, they may be symmetrical on several sides like the inside of an apple
sliced in half, or they might be symmetrical on all sides like the different face of a cube.
symmetry
are the ‘never-ending’ patterns that repeat indefinitely as the pattern is iterated on an infinitely smaller
scale. We see this type of pattern in trees, rivers, mountains, shells, clouds, leaves, lightning, and more.
fractals
are another common pattern in nature that we see more often in living things. Think of the horns of a
sheep, the shell of a nautilus, and the placement of leaves around a stem.
spiral
are patterns that are formed by repeated cubes or tiles. These, too, can occur with both living and
non-living things.
tessellations
- Predicting the Weather
- Internet and Phones
- Computers
- Reading CDs and DVDs
- Public Key Cryptography
- Satellite Navigation
- Digital Music
- Search Engines
- Navigation
- Speech Recognition
- Braking the Enigma
- Public Transportation
- Computer Circuits
- Movie Graphics
- Image Compression
- Measuring Time
technology
- Construction
- Automotive Design
- Building Bridges
- Robotics
- Roller Coaster Design
- Computer Circuits
- Rockets and Satellites
- Microwaves
- Surveying
engineering
- Reading CDs and DVDs
- Digital Music
- Making Music
- Movie Graphics
- Polling and Voting
- Music Shuffling
media
- MRI and Tomography
- Neurology
- Epidemics Analysis
- Crowd People
- Problem Solving
- Pharmacy and Medicine
- Population Dynamics
- Plastic Surgery
- Counting Calories
medicine and health
- Supply Chains
- Finance and Banking
- Gambling and Betting
- Insurance
- Loans, Internet, Mortgages
- Fraud Detection
- Big Data
- Pricing Strategies
- Game Theory
finance and business
is a complex system of words and symbols, either spoken or written, used by a particular
community as a means of communication.
language
Every language has its vocabulary (the words) and its rules for combing these words into complete thoughts
(the sentences).
language of mathematics
Characteristics of the language of mathematics
- Precise – able to make very fine distinctions;
- Concise – able to say things briefly;
- Powerful – able to express complex thoughts with relative ease
is a name given to a
mathematical object of interest.
expression
is a collection of objects, and in mathematical discourse, these objects are mathematical ones such as
numbers, points in space, or other …
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