MMW Lecture 1
MMW Lecture 1
MMW Lecture 1
Nature of Mathematics
introduction
1. What is mathematics?
2. Where is mathematics?
3. what is mathematics for?
4. What is mathematics about?
5. How is mathematics done?
6. who uses mathematics?
7. Why is mathematics important to know/Learn?
1. What is Mathematics?
art Language
Mathematics is
a/an...
mathematics
1. Patterns and numbers in nature
and the world
example:
layout of the floor tiles,
the way we tie our shoelaces
Look at this pattern:
A B
What number comes next?
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ?
Symmetry occurs when there is exactly
the shape of object around a certain
line which is termed as axis of
symmetry.
3. translational symmetry is a
symmetry in which A PARTICULAR
PATTERN OR DESIGN IS SHIFTED
FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
honeycombs
3. what is Mathematics for?
A = Pert
where
A = size of the population after it grows
P = initial number of people
e = Euler's constant (2.718)
t = time
the exponential growth model
A=30e0.02t describes the population
of the city in the Philippines in
thousands, t years after 1995.
- mathematicians
- scientists
- everyone in this world
7. why is mathematics important to
know/learn?