MMW Flashcards

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facilitates communication and clarifies meaning. It allows people to express themselves and maintain their identity

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Language

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if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller.

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golden ratio

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is constructed by placing together rectangles of relative side lengths equaling Fibonacci numbers.

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Fibonacci spiral

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“The beautiful never lacks proportion.” -

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Plato

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5
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If it contains the golden ratio

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Euclid

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discovered the sequence. The sequence begins with number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

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Leonardo Fibonacci

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Characteristics of the language of Mathematics

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  1. Precise -accurate
  2. Concise - brief
  3. Powerful - strong
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is the science of correct reasoning.

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Logic

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A statement is a ______ that is either true or false but not both.

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declarative sentence

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is a statement that conveys a single idea.

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Simple statement

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A ___ statement is a statement that conveys two or more ideas. Use words or phrases such as “and”, “or”, “if-then”, and “if and only if” to create a compound statement.

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compound

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If not P then not Q

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Inverse

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If Q then P

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Converse

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If not Q then not P

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Contapositive

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15
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is a table that shows the truth value of a compound statement for all possible truth values of its simple statements.

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Truth table

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16
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is the mathematical analogue of an English noun.

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expression

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is the analogue of an English sentences.

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mathematical sentence

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Equal sign and inequality signs are “___”

19
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operations and logical symbols are “____”.

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connectives

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are the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on, obtained by adding 1 over and over again. It is denoted by the symbol N.

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natural numbers

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The set of natural numbers together with zero is called the set of _____, denoted by W.

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whole numbers

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The set of numbers whose elements are the positive integers, the negative integers and zero is called the set of ____, denoted by Z.

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Let p and q to be an integer and q 0. The set of numbers that are expressed a quotient of p and q, i.e., is called the set of ____, denoted by Q.

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rational numbers

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The set of numbers whose decimal representations are non- terminating & non-repeating and cannot be expressed as ratio of two integers is called the set of _____

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irrational numbers

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The union of the set of rational numbers and the set of irrational numbers is the set of ____, denoted by R.
real numbers
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says that a certain property is true (or false) for all elements in a set.
universal statement
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says that there is at least one thing for which the property is true.
existential statement
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are used to described the variable/s in a statement.
Quantifiers