What new ideas about mathematics did you learn?

The new ideas I've learn about mathematics is that today, in the midst of covid-19 pandemic, they use
statistics to determine the total positive case, death and recovery by using statistics, it also helps to
control the situation. Not just statistics use in that situation and also businesses, and many others.

2) What is it about mathematics that might have changed your thoughts about it?

We may not be aware of it, but we have already been using mathematics in our daily lives. We have
used it on work, our homes and many more places. Because everywhere there is mathematics.
Mathematics makes our life. accurate and yet we expect some misunderstanding. I think what math
really does to those who learn and apply them is having the ability to solve problems, sometimes using
pattern but most of the time through trial and error. The competencies learned in mathematics subjects
are applicable in real life situations

3) What is most useful about mathematics for humankind?

I think the greatest contribution of mathematics to humankind is that it's beautiful, it has spiritual
significance about the nature of things. Mathematics is useful because it's powerful. What enables math
to powerful is abstraction. There is so many problems in our world that must be solved, but most of
them are fairy similar. We can abstract these problems, and then use mathematics to solve the
abstraction. The most useful about mathematics is not a thing. It is the diversity of its theory and the
methodologies we can use in order to solve our problems is what make mathematics useful. And
another thing is men have always used math throughout history, from counting, creating calendars

B. Write a 2- to 3-page synthesis focusing on one of the following aspects of mathematics:

1) Mathematics helps organize patterns and regularities in the world.

2) Mathematics helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena in the world.

3) Mathematics helps control nature and occurrences in the world for our own ends.
1. Mathematics for Organization

Helps organize patterns and regularities in the world. To make sense of all available information, we
need mathematical tools to help us make sound analysis and better decisions.

EXAMPLE:

a. A lot of events happening around us. In the blink of an eye, several children have already been born,
liters of water have been consumed, or thousands of tweets have been posted.

b. For instance, a particular store can gather data on its customers' shopping habits and make necessary
adjustments to help drive sales.

C. Scientists can plot bird migration routes to help conserve endangered animal populations.

d. Social media analysts can crunch all online postings using software to gauge the netizens' sentiments
on particular issues or personalities.

2. Mathematics for Prediction

It helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena in the world. It is sometimes said that history
repeats itself. As much as we can use mathematical models using existing data to generate analysis and
interpretations, we can also use them to make predictions.

EXAMPLE:

a. Applying the concept of probability, experts can calculate the chance of an event occurring.
b.The weather is a prime example. Based on historical patterns, meteorologists can make forecasts to
help us. prepare for our day-to-day activities. They can also warn us of weather disturbances that can
affect our activities for weeks or months.

C. Astronomers also use patterns to predict the occurrence of meteor showers or eclipses.

In 2017, announcements were made about heavenly phenomena such as the Draconid Meteor Shower
and "The Great American Eclipse." They were able to tell when these phenomena would occur and
where would be the best places to view them.

3. Mathematics for Control

It helps humans exert control over occurrences in the world for the advancement of our civilization.
There seems to an underlying mathematical structure in the way that natural objects and phenomena
behave.

EXAMPLE:

a. While photographers could capture a single moment through a snapshot, videographers could record
events as they unfold.

b. Painters and sculptors could create masterpieces in interpreting their surroundings, poets could use
beautiful. words to describe an object, and musicians could capture and reproduce sounds.

C. In 1916, Albert Einstein hypothesized the existence of gravitational waves based on his theory of
general relativity. This is when "ripples" are formed in the fabric of space-time due to large and violent
cosmic events, very much like when a pebble is thrown on a stagnant pond. About a hundred years
later, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced that it found
evidence.
d. Through the use of mathematics, man can also exert control over himself and the effects of nature.