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THE MODERN WORLD PATTERNS AND NUMBERS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD © Patterns in nature are visible regularities © Natural pattems may consist of found in the natural world. These patterns spirals, symmetries, mosaic, stripes, persist in different contexts and can be spots, etc. modelled mathematically. © The world seems to make several distinct patterns, evolving various complex steps of formation but a closer and deeper study reveals that these pattems have many similarities and resemblances. PATTERNS AND NUMBERS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD Sin the 19th century, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau examined soap films, ae leading him to formulate the concept of a Empédocies sand ot Shher_eaty minimal surface. Philosophers studied pattems "to expan order in nature which to modem Understanding “of” "wsile patterns. © German biologist and artist Emst Haeckel painted hundreds of marine organisms to ‘emphasize their symmetry. PATTERNS AND NUMBERS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD © Scottish biologist D'Arcy Thompson pioneered the morphogenesis which give study of growth pattems in rise to patterns of sports and both plants and animals, = Hungarian biologist Aristid stripes, showing that simple equations _Lindenmayer and French could explain spiral growth, American mathematician om Benoit Mandelbrot showed oe Benoit, Mandel stowed e . e ,o fractals could create plant growth patterns. eal Ela ein the 20th century, British to mathematician Alan Turing & predicted mechanisms of PATTERNS AND NUMBERS IN NATURE AND THE WORLD ° W. Gary Smith adopts eight pattems in his landscape work, namely: scattered, fractured, mosaic, naturalistic drift, serpentine, spiral, radial, and dendritic. These pattems occur in plants, animals, rocks formations, river flow, stars or in human creations. THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE This famous —_—Fibonacci ° Leonardo Pisano Sequence has fascinated Freed G0 rity, * Asie from being famous for mathematicians, artists, nickname, the Fibonacci Sequence, he designers and scientists for FEED ela ee eee eer ee centuries. Also recognized as ee i secret airiaes [orl asceer the Golden Ratio, the Fibonacci ae sequence goes like this: we = ‘The Fibonacci Sequence . © Fibonacci Day is sa2a.se321.34s500.0820377 November 23, as it has tesa the diits “1, 1, 2, 3" which bee Is part of the sequence, a hich he developed stata Each number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers which precede it. THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE © The ratio of any two successive Fibonacci Numbers is very close fo the Golden Ratio, referred to and represented as phi (®) which is approximately equal to 1.618034... The bigger the pair of Fibonacci Numbers considered, the closer is the approximation. B BIA= 2 al 16 3 5 1.6666666667 5 8 16 8 13 1.625 144 233 1.6180555556 233 377 1.6180257511 75025 121393 1.6180339887 121393 196418 1.61803339888 196418 317811 1.61803339887 THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE © In geometry, a golden spiral is a logarithmic spiral whose growth factor is (phi), the golden ratio. That is, a golden spiral gets wider (or further from its origin) by a factor of ® for In geometry, a golden spiral is logarithmic spiral whose growth factor is @, the golden ratio. That is, a golden spiral gets wider (or further from its origin) by a factor of & for every quarter turn it makes. Examples of Fibonacci Flowers oH a A PATTERNS AND REGULARITIES IN THE WORLD AS ORGANIZED BY MATHEMATICS ‘Symmetrical Patterns ‘Spectacular Pattern nig PATTERNS AND REGULARITIES IN THE WORLD AS ORGANIZED BY MATHEMATICS a ACTION REACTION Pendulum 380k i APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE WORLD * Engineering mathematics is a ©The art of applying 2) creative "and exciting mathematics to ‘ fi discipline, spanning traditional complex real-world : boundaries and dealing with problems is called i today's technological engineering Ev challenges. mathematics. © lt combines mathematical * Engineering _ mathematicians theory, practical engineering can be found in an and. scenic computing. 10 ese preted ae pecans nen tpetenenaing generation high-end cars to eee "= ows, inventing robotics. = and = automatic devices,

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