MATH 3

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WRITTEN BY :
MCKAYLA A. ESCOVILLA

9 - LITHIUM
WHAT ARE THE
SIGNIFICANT
IDEAS THAT
STUCK YOU THE
MOST AS YOU
WATCHED THE
VIDEOS?
 Mckayla’s Notes
FROM THE FIVE VIDEOS THAT I WAS ASSIGNED TO WATCH, I CAN
DEFINITELY SAY THAT THEY HAVE VERY MUCH ALTERED MY
PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLD AROUND ME BECAUSE I WAS ABLE
TO SEE WHAT MY NAKED EYE WAS UNAWARE OF. WITHOUT A
DOUBT, I GRASPED AND FORMULATED NEW IDEAS, CONCEPTS,
AND REALIZATIONS AS I WATCHED THE VIDEOS, INCLUDING:

MATH IN THE REAL WORLD

IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
FOR MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE, I DID NOT MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRULY
EXPLORE MATH. I SIMPLY FOLLOWED SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND
LEARNED MATH BECAUSE I HAD TO. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS NOT JUST
EQUATIONS. MATH CAN BE ART. MATH CAN BE NATURE. MATH CAN BE
MATTER. MATH IS YOU. MATH IS EVERYTHING. IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW
WE PERCIEVE THE WORLD AND CHERISH THIS POWERFUL INFORMATION.

SACRED GEOMETRY
BASED ON THE FIVE VIDEOS AND EXTRA RESEARCH, I HAVE SOMEWHAT
DEVELOPED A CURIOSITY FOR SACRED GEOMETRY. IT IS AN ANCIENT
SCIENCE THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING USING SYMBOLIC SHAPES, WHICH
ULTIMATELY CREATES BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX PATTERNS. SOME
PATTERNS REMINDED ME OF OLD AND GRAND BUILDINGS THAT I HAVE
SEEN MYSELF BEFORE; THE PRECISE SYMMETRY AND AESTHETIC NEVER
FAILS TO AWE ME.

THE REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM

MADE BY ALAN TURING - A MATHEMATICAL VISIONARY
EXPLAINS THAT TWO SUBSTANCES THAT CAN ACTIVATE OR
INHIBIT A CHEMICAL REACTION. THESE SUBSTANCES ARE
CALLED MORPHOGENS
DEPENDING ON HOW THEY INTERACT, DIFFUSE, OR DECAY,
THEY CAN CREATE DIFFERENT PATTERNS SUCH AS WAVES,
SPOTS, STRIPES, AND ETC.
 WHY ARE
PATTERNS
IMPORTANT?
 Bundle of knowledge
INSTILLS NEW IDEAS
PATTERNS ARE NOT ALWAYS SO SIMPLE. THEY
HAVE UNDERLYING MEANINGS AND SYMBOLISIM
BEHIND THEM. AS PEOPLE, WE MUST DECIPHER
THE MYSTERIES OF THE COUNTLESS PATTERNS
AS MUCH AS OUR ANCESTORS HAVE DONE FOR
US.

DEEPENS LIFE PERSPECTIVE

IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, EVERYTHING IS

CONNECTED, AND THIS CAN BE EXPRESSED AND
EVEN SIMPLIFIED WITH PATTERNS. PATTERNS
ARE THE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SHOW COMPLEX
CONCEPTS OF LIFE AND ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE
OF OUR UNDYING THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.

APPRECIATES AESTHETICS

THE UNIVERSE IS UNDENIABLY A BEAUTIFUL AND

VAST PLACE. BETTER YET, IT IS PRACTICALLY
COMPOSED OF AN ENDLESS NUMBER OF
PATTERNS. THINK ABOUT A BIG BUILIDING
YOU’VE SEEN. THINK ABOUT STARS. THE SOLAR
SYSTEM. GALAXIES. TO PUT IT BLUNTLY,
PATTERNS ENHANCE AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD
IN THE MOST WONDERFUL WAYS.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO
PURSUE A CAREER IN
MATHEMATICS,
WHAT ASPECT OF LIFE
OR EVERYDAY
PATTERN WOULD YOU
LIKE TO INVESTIGATE
OR DO RESEARCH ON?
HOW DID THESE
VIDEOS INSPIRE YOU?
 Patterned ReflectIon
HYPOTHETICALLY, IF I WERE TO PURSUE A CAREER IN
MATHEMATICS, I WOULD LOVE TO RESEARCH ABOUT THE
METATRON’S CUBE. THE METATRON’S CUBE IS A SACRED GEOMETRY
PATTERN WHICH APPARENTLY CONTAINS EVERY SHAPE IN THE
UNIVERSE AND SYMBOLIZES A SOURCE FROM WHICH ALL LIFE
SPROUTS.
WHAT I REALLY FOUND INTERESTING FROM MY RESEARCH IS THAT THE
METATRON’S CUBE IS NAMED AFTER AN ARCHANGEL NAMED METATRON,
WHO SEEMS TO ORGINATE FROM MYTHOLOGY AND PERHAPS EVEN THE
BIBLE. WITH THIS, I FEEL LIKE IF I RESEARCH ABOUT THE METATRON’S
CUBE, I COULD POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION I HAVE WITH MY
SPIRITUAL SELF AND GAIN A HIGHER FORM OF KNOWLEDGE.
OF COURSE, THIS CURIOSITY OF MINE WOULDN’T
HAVE BEEN LIT UP WITHOUT THE 5 VIDEOS THAT I
WAS ASSIGNED TO WATCH FOR THIS TASK. IN ALL
HONESTY, I WASN’T EXPECTING THE VIDEOS TO
HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON ME, BUT I’M GLAD
IT DID. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED MATHEMATICS
AND THIS ONLY ALLOWS ME TO APPRECIATE IT
EVEN MORE.

I MUST ADMIT, I WAS INCREDIBLY UNINTERESTED WITH THE VIDEOS AT

FIRST AND DID NOT MAKE AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE
INFORMATION BEING PRESENTED. THEN, STARTING FROM THE 3RD VIDEO
AND THERE ON, THE TOPIC CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. IT WAS AS IF THE
INFORMATION I WAS DIGESTING WAS SACRED KNOWLEDGE AND THE
PATTERNS I WAS SEEING WERE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHEN I
DIDN’T PAY ATTENTION. I LOVED SEEING THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS
BETWEEN THE PATTERNS AND MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS DISCOVERED
OR FORMED BY OUR DEAR ANCESTORS. IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE.