Topic Outline:

I. Patterns and Numbers in Nature and in the World

II. Fibbonacci Sequence
III. Patterns and Regularities in the World
IV. Behavior of Nature
V. Application of Mathematics in the world

FIBONACCI SEQUENCE

Pizano or Leonardo of Piza (1170 – 1250) is from in Pisa, Italy. His father Guglielmo
Bonacci was wealthy Italian merchant, who represented merchants of the Republic of
Pisa who were trading in Bugia (now Béjaïa) in Algeria, North Africa

Around 1200 AD he published the Liber Abbaci, or “Book of Calculation.” An arithmetic

text on financial computations and promoted the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals

“A man put a pair of rabbits in a place surrounded by a wall. How many pairs of rabbit
are produced from that pair in a year, if it is supposed that every month each pair
produces a new pair, which from the second month onwards becomes productive?”

The Fibonacci sequence is the sequence f1, f2,f3,f4,,, which has its first two terms f1
and f2 are both equal to 1 and satisfies thereafter the recursion formula fn = fn-1+fn-2
The sequence 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144… is called the Fibonacci sequence and
its terms the Fibonacci numbers.
PATTERNS AND REGULARITIES

Types Of Patterns
1. Symmetry
2. Spirals
3. Fractals

Symmetry – is a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion of balance or an object

is invariant to any of various transformations (reflection, rotation or scaling)

 Bilateral symmetry – is a symmetry in which the left and right sides of the
organism can be divided into approximately mirror image of each other along the
midline
 Radial symmetry (or rotation symmetry) – is a type of symmetry around a
fixed point known as the center of it can be classified as either cyclic or dihedral
Fractal – is curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical
character as the whole.

It is a class highly irregular shapes that are related to continents, coastlines, and
snowflakes

A logarithmic spiral (or growth spiral) – is a self-similar spiral curve that often appears
in nature.

ACTIVITY 1

1. What are the Fibonacci numbers and how are they obtained?
The Fibonacci numbers are any sequence of numbers or series of numbers that can be
obtained by adding the two previous numbers in the sequence. Ex.
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,,,

2. Where did the study of the sequence begin?

The study of the sequence began in Pisa, Italy.

3. What is the golden ratio?

The Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio seen in nature, architecture, painting, and
music. (Invisionapp.com)

4. How can the golden ratio related to the Fibonacci sequence?

According to what I've read about the relationship between the Fibonacci sequence and
the golden ratio, if we divide the two higher previous numbers in the Fibonacci sequence,
the result will equal 1.618, or, on its inverse, 0.618, which is the constant value of the
golden rule. In short, the Fibonacci sequence supports the concept of the golden rule,
and at the same time, the golden rule also supports the concept of the Fibonacci
sequence, which is why they are related to each other.