Name: Dominique Marie S.

Origenes Course and Year: BPED

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Schedule: MATH 101 MW 9:00-10:30 am Date: February 27, 2022

Mathematics helps control nature and occurrences in the world for our own good.
Synthesis Paper

The map is not the mountain.

Math is a language to describe natural actions. Using mathematical tools, we create models
which correspond to what we can measure and observe in the world of reality.
Mathematics provides the framework within which our observations of the physical world
can be encoded. However, it is almost impossible to control nature.

Mathematics can help understand why nature is such a powerful force, and how things
develop and form. The understanding of these can help us make small changes in the
specific organisms, but nature cannot be controlled. Using mathematical tools, we create
models which correspond to what we can measure and observe in the world of reality.
Models that work well, that predict behavior.

Mathematics is like a bridge, between reality and imagination. Mathematics lets us build
accurate models of nature. It is important to understand that these models of nature are
not nature.

Indeed, the map is not the mountain. On the other hand, having the map makes the
mountain much easier to navigate. The map will not move the mountain, but having it helps
us understand how we might shape the mountain in small ways to a form that suits us
better.

Mathematics is the language of the universe. It is the same as traveling to a new land, and
slowly picking up on the native language so that you may begin to learn from them. This
mathematical endeavor is what allows us, a species bound to our solar system, to explore
the depths of the different phenomena of the world. As of now, there simply is no way for
us to see the supermassive black hole there to visually confirm its existence. There is no
way for us to venture around the globe and anticipate upcoming disasters. Yet, through
mathematics, we are able to understand how these things exist and work. When you set
about to learn math, you are not only expanding your mind, but you are connecting with
the universe on a fundamental level. The grand story of the universe is written in
mathematics, and our ability to translate those numbers into the events that we all love to
learn about is nothing short of amazing. 

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