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Lesson 1.1 Patterns and Numbers in Nature and The World (Autosaved)

The document discusses patterns found in nature and how they relate to mathematics. It notes that visible regularities are found throughout the natural world and universe that can sometimes be modeled mathematically. These patterns recur in different contexts and helped develop mathematics as a way to recognize patterns. The development of new mathematical theories has begun to reveal the secret rules underlying natural patterns, giving us a deeper understanding of the universe. Examples are given of symmetrical and spotted patterns found in snowflakes, fish, animals, waves, winds, and flocking birds that attest to mathematical regularities in biological growth, forms, and fluid dynamics.

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Lesson 1.1 Patterns and Numbers in Nature and The World (Autosaved)

The document discusses patterns found in nature and how they relate to mathematics. It notes that visible regularities are found throughout the natural world and universe that can sometimes be modeled mathematically. These patterns recur in different contexts and helped develop mathematics as a way to recognize patterns. The development of new mathematical theories has begun to reveal the secret rules underlying natural patterns, giving us a deeper understanding of the universe. Examples are given of symmetrical and spotted patterns found in snowflakes, fish, animals, waves, winds, and flocking birds that attest to mathematical regularities in biological growth, forms, and fluid dynamics.

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Patterns

and
Numbers
in Nature
and the
World
PATTERNS IN NATURE

 Visible regularities of form found in the natural world and can


also be seen in the universe

 These patterns recurring in different context can sometimes be


modelled mathematically.

 Man developed a formal system of thought for recognizing


patterns which we call mathematics.
“There is much beauty in nature’s clues even without
any mathematical training we can all recognize it.”
- Winston S. Sirug-
Nature’s Pattern
 Mathematical stories have its own beauty which start
from the clues and deduce the underlying rules and
regularities.

 It is a different kind of beauty, applying to ideas rather


than things.

 The development of new mathematical theories begins


to reveal the secret of nature’s patterns.
 It gives us a deeper vision of the universe in which we
live.
Nature’s Pattern
All snowflakes contain
six-fold symmetry
which no two are
exactly the same.
There are evidences
presented by
mathematician that
hexagonal snowflakes
have an atomic
geometry of ice
crystals.
Patterns can be seen in fish patterns

Spotted Trunkfish Spotted Puffer Blue Spotter Stingray Spotter Moral Eel

Coral Grouper Red Lion Fish Yellow Boxfish Angel Fish

These animals and fish stripes and spots attest to mathematical regularities
in biological growth and form.
Zebra Cat Hyena Snake

Tiger Leopard Giraffe


Natural patterns serve as clues to the rules that govern the flow of water, sand, and air.

Ocean Waves Dessert Dunes Typhoon

Whirlpool Water Ripples Ball of Mackerel


Natural patterns serve as clues to the rules that govern the flow of water, sand, and air.

V-formation of Geese Tornado formation of Starling

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