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● Mathematics in the modern world deals with the
nature of mathematics appreciation of its practical,
intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions and
applications of mathematical tools in daily life.
● This lesson discusses the nature of mathematics as
an exploration of patterns and as an application of
inductive and deductive reasoning.
● By exploring topics in this subject students may go
beyond the typical understanding of mathematics as
merely a set of formulas but as a source of aesthetics
in patterns of nature and a rich language itself
governed by logic and reasoning.
Objectives
● WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?
● WHERE IS MATHEMATICS?
● WHAT ROLE DOES MATHEMATICS PLAY IN
OUR WORLD?
What is Mathematics?
2. Have you ever thought about how nature likes to arrange itself in
patterns in order to act efficiently? Nothing in nature happens
without a reason, all of these patterns have an important reason to
exist and they also happen to be beautiful to watch.
TYPES OF PATTERNS
1. SYMMETRY
2. FRACTALS
3. SPIRALS
Symmetry
1. a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion of balance or an object is invariant to any
various transformations (reflection, rotation or scaling.)
a. Bilateral Symmetry
a. Symmetry
i. Bilateral
ii. Radial
b. Fractal
c. Spiral
References
1. https://www.slideshare.net/JishnaVV/mathematics-73580397
2. https://pdfcoffee.com/module-1-mathematics-in-the-modern-world-pdf-free.html