2MATHMWORLD (Mathematics in the Modern World)

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Course Overview
Mathematics in the Modern World
About this Course
This is a course that deals with the nature of mathematics, appreciation of its practical, intellectual,
and aesthetic dimensions, and application of mathematical tools in daily life.
The course begins with an introduction to the nature of mathematics as an exploration of patterns (in
nature and the environment), and as an application of inductive and deductive reasoning. By exploring
these topics, students are encouraged to go beyond the typical understanding of mathematics as
merely a set of formulas, but as a source of aesthetics in patterns of nature, for example, and a rich
language in itself )and of science) governed by logic and reasoning.
The course then proceeds to survey ways in which mathematics provides a tool for understanding and
dealing with various aspects of present-day living, such as managing personal finances, making social
choices, appreciating geometric designs, understanding codes used in data transmission and security,
and dividing limited resources fairly. These aspects will provide opportunities for actually doing
mathematics in a broad range of exercises that bring about various dimensions of mathematics as a
way of knowing, and test the students’ understanding and capacity. (CMO No. 20, series of 2013)

Name: ENGR. MARIA CRISTINA A. SICAT

Mini Biography: Engr. Sicat, or Ma'am Teens to her students, is a professor in the Mathematics and
Science Department of Holy Angel University (HAU) and has been with the university for 23 years.
She graduated from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Chemical Engineering and passed both the Licensure Examination for Chemical Engineers and
Professional Teachers. She earned her master’s degree in Teaching Mathematics from the Philippine
Normal University (PNU), Manila and completed the academic requirements for a doctorate degree in
Mathematics Education at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). She served as
the chairperson of the Department of Mathematics from 2010-2013, and of the Department of
Mathematics and Sciences from 2016-2017. She is also an elected chapter treasurer of the Philippine
Institute of Chemical Engineers (PICHE - Pampanga Chapter) and an active member of the Philippine
Council of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Inc. (MATHTED), Philippine Association for Teachers and
Educators, Inc. (PAFTE) and Institute For Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP). At present,
she teaches Mathematics in the Modern World, Probability & Statistics, Calculus, and some Math
Education major subjects.

Consultation Hours: MWF> 8:05 AM - 9:05 AM; T> 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM; TH> 2:30 - 5:30 PM
HAU Email (Outlook): mcsicat@hau.edu.ph
Module 1: Overview and Work Plan
Overview
Most people  directly associate, and sometimes, restrict
mathematics to numbers and operations. Mathematics is not all
about numbers! It has its own language. It consists of structural
rules governing the use of symbols representing mathematical
objects.  As you go on with this module, you will discover that
mathematics goes beyond numbers and operations.  This will bring
you to see the relationships in both the unseen and visible patterns
in nature and in the world because the world and the whole universe is filled with mathematics.
Mathematics continues to generate for humanity to comprehend, appreciate, and further improve the
universe where we exist.
At the end of the module, the students will be able to answer the following questions:

1. What new ideas about mathematics did you learn?

2. What is it about mathematics that might have changed your thought about it?
3. What is most useful about mathematics for mankind?
Workplan
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Section 1.1 Mathematics in Our World
All around us, we see diverse types and forms of patterns from
the different objects. Patterns are structures or designs that are
arranged and that repeat, or we can also think of anything that
is arbitrary. Our diverse universe and nature displays striking
designs and patterns  like the symmetry of snowflakes, the
spiral of a snail’s shell, the hexagonal shape of cells of
honeycombs.  Some other natural patterns include spots,
mosaics, waves, trees, spirals, cracks, and    stripes. While the
beauty of these patterns serves every individual well, a distinctive innate desire to comprehend these 
occurrences has gotten forth a variety of opportunities for man to better realize and exploit the
universe where he exists.
 

Things To-Do: Please go over the provided readings on Mathematics in Our World Download

Mathematics in Our World to better understand the world we live in through a mathematical
perspective. Also, you are encouraged to watch the following videos. You may watch the videos again
(and again if need be) if it is too fast the first time.
Once done, Mark this page as 'DONE' to move on to the next task.

Nature by NumbersLinks to an external site.

How Mathematicians Think About Patterns - Professor Ian Stewart Links to an external site.
Fibonacci and the Golden MeanLinks to an external site.

Notes from Module:

Plato, Pythagoras, and Empedocles and other early Greek
philosophers studies patterns to explain order in nature which lead to
the modern understanding of visible patterns.

Allan Turing predicted mechanism of morphogenesis which give rise to patterns of stripes
and spots.

D’Arcy Thompson pioneered the study of growth patterns in both plants and animals,
showing that simple equations could explain spiral growth.
Benoit Mandelbrot showed how the mathematics of fractals create plant growth
patterns.

“Golden Ratio” = φ 𝑜𝑟 𝜙 (phi) = 1.618 = = irrational number

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