Mathematics In Our

World
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Mathematics In Our World

Intended Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify patterns in nature and regularities in

the world.
2. Articulate the importance of mathematics in
one’s life.
3. Argue about the nature of mathematics,
what it is, how it is expressed, represented,
and used .
4. Express appreciation for mathematics as a
human endeavors.
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Symmetry

Symmetry
Symmetry is when a figure has two sides that
are mirror images of one another. It would
then be possible to draw a line through a
picture of the object and along either side
the image would look exactly the same. This
line would be called a line of symmetry.
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Symmetry

Bilateral Symmetry
in which an object has two sides that are
mirror images of each other.
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Symmetry

Bilateral Symmetry
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Symmetry

Bilateral Symmetry
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Symmetry

Bilateral Symmetry
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Symmetry

Bilateral Symmetry
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Symmetry

Radial Symmetry
there is a center point and numerous lines of
symmetry could be drawn.
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Symmetry

Radial Symmetry
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Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral
Fibonacci posed the following question:
“If a pair of rabbits is placed in an enclosed area,
how many rabbits will be born there if we assume
that every month a pair of rabbits produces
another pair, and that rabbits begin to bear young
two months after their birth?”

1 1 2 3 5 8
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Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral
The Fibonacci Sequence:

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55,...

The sum of two consecutive terms gives the

succeeding term.
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Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral
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Fibonacci Spiral

Golden Ratio
The relative ratio of the Fibonacci sequence
approaches a very famous ratio with a long
and honored history; the Golden Mean of
Euclid and Aristotle, the divine proportion of
Leonardo da Vinci, considered the most
beautiful and important of quantities.

This ratio is evident in many art work and

buildings
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Fibonacci Spiral

Golden Ratio
a

𝑏 𝑎+𝑏
=
𝑎 𝑏
b

b
b

“The ratio of the parts is equal to

the ratio of a part to the whole”
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Fibonacci Spiral

Golden Ratio
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Fractals

Fractals
a curve or geometric figure, each part of
which has the same statistical character as
the whole.
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Fractals

Fractals
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Frieze Patterns

Frieze Patterns
Frieze patterns consists of repeated copies,
along a line, of a single figure or block. We
will call this block that repeats a tile.

Frieze patterns are formed by functions or

actions on the plane that preserve
distances. These functions are called
isometries. The isometries that generate
frieze patterns have the additional property
that they map a fixed line, L back onto itself.
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Frieze Patterns

Isometries that generate

Frieze Patterns
• Identity
• Rotation
• Translation
• Reflection
• Vertical Reflection
• Glide Reflection
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Frieze Patterns

Frieze Patterns
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Frieze Patterns

Frieze Patterns
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Homework

HOMEWORK
Write a reaction paper based on the
introduction videos and the given article.

Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_RU0fNjt
0
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2WHNMf
RmHE
Article:
https://www.planetdolan.com/15-beautiful-
examples-of-mathematics-in-nature/
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Homework

HOMEWORK

Guide Question
“Has this changed the way you see your
surroundings? How?”

Submit in our Canvas Classroom, Homework

Link.
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References and recommendations

References and recommended

readings and videos

• http://malini-math.blogspot.com/2010/08/maths-and-nature.html
• https://curiodyssey.org/blog/mathematics-of-natures-patterns/
• https://www.planetdolan.com/15-beautiful-examples-of-
mathematics-in-nature/
• https://math.temple.edu/~reich/Fib/fibo.html
• http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.01/mcdonald1/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7x3LBWn-Ao
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1N7i5ra7Y
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_RU0fNjt0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2WHNMfRmHE