Maths of nature Patterns, Nature, & Math Are They Interconnected?

Mrs. Christi Wilson Greenbrier Middle School

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is (John Von Neumann)

"Natural" Patterns

Plants

Minerals

Animals

Water

Tree Trunk Mushroom Granite

Fossils

Butterfly

Tiger

Waves

Dew

Natural beauties

Natural Intelligence

Some Insects can performs complicated Tasks which is beyond Human beings. Unknowingly they apply quite advance mathematics.

spiders web

spiders web

spiders web

spiders web

spiders web

Spiders web is 25 times stronger than the same thickness steel wire

 Termites air-conditioned mound with chimney. It is an Engineering Marvel. Up to 30 feet high. CO2 /O2 balance .

Square pattern

Non Useful empty space

Hexagonal pattern

Non Useful empty space

Hexagonal packing

Fibonacci Numbers

Nature has its own Number System called Fibonacci number system which is applicable to all those things which take birth and grow primarily and almost all aspects of life.

Fibonacci Leonardo Da vinci

Role of Fibonacci numbers

Trees , Plants, leaves, flowers, stems

Bee Hive, spiders web Human Body Various insects an Animals music, art, Culture, and Science Business, Ads, and share market

Start with one pair of rabbits Rules of growth 1. Every new born pair becomes adult in one month. 2. Every adult pair after one month gives birth to one pair every month. 3. No rabbit dies. population of rabbits after one year = ?

Modelization of a population
Adult pairs
First month Secod month

Young pairs

third month Fourth month Fifth month Sixth month

Sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, Fn+1= Fn + Fn-1

Month

Pairs of Rabbits

1
2

1
1

3 4 5

2 3 5

Fibonacci Series
The rule for the sequence? 1, 1, 2, 3, ?, ?, . The Answer : 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 1+ 1 = 2+ 33= 5 = 8 = 13 = 21 1+ 2 = 3+ 5 8+ 13 5+

Fibonaccis Rabbit Colony

Pairs of Rabbits 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 144 89 55 13 21 1 1 2 3 5 8
March April August June May July January February

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November

October

September

December

New born ---- tender Adult ---- strong Gives birth ----branches out

sneezewort

Eight Five Three

Two

One One

1, 1 ,2 ,3 ,5 ,8 ,13 ,21 ,34 ,55 ,

1/1, 2/1, 3/2, 5/3, 1, 2,

8/5, 13/8

1.5, 1.666, 1.6, 1.625,

Golden ratio phi = 1.6180339887

Phi = 1.6180339887 Golden ratio Golden mean Golden section Fibonacci ratio Divine Ratio Sacred ratio

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Golden Spiral manipulative

(Shell)

The human feotus develops along the lines of a Fibonacci spiral

Sheep

Sea Shell

Galaxies

A low pressure area over Iceland shows an approximately logarithmic spiral pattern

Spirals in the Galaxy

Rose petals

Sunflower with 34 petals

13

Flowers!
2

5 21
8

white calla lily

euphorbia

trillium

bloodroot

black-eyed susan

daisy family 13, 21, 34, 55 or 89 petals

Leaf arrangements

Leaves, petals and seeds arranegment 0382x360 = 1375

222.5/137.5 = = 1.618

 In a 120 0 arrangement like a fan, 4th one would hide the first leaf

Leaf arrangements
If we look down on a plant, the leaves are often arranged so that leaves above do not hide leaves below. Each gets a good share of the sunlight and catches the most rain to channel down to the roots as it runs down the leaf to the stem. Insects can collect pollens easily.

Why does nature like using Phi in so many plants? Although hexagonal symmetry is the best packing for circular seeds, it doesn't answer the question of how leaves should be arranged round a stem or how to pack flower-heads with seeds that grow in size.

Finding Golden ratio

As seeds grow older they are pushed out.

Left to right: A sunflower picture from The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, P. Prusinkiewicz. A cactus by C. Smith. Another Cactus by C. Smith and M. Fuhrer.

Pine cones pa[na kaona

Banana

Apple

In vegetable?

5 Red Spirals

8 Blue Spirals

1.618

WHOLE

WHOLE LARGE

LARGE SMALL

= GOLDEN MEAN

Human Hand

DNA

 Dr. Stephen Marquardt, a former plastic surgeon, has used the golden section, that enigmatic number that has long stood for beauty, and some of its relatives to make a mask that he claims is the most beautiful shape a human face can have.

Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona

 Symbol

Musical instruments are often based on phi

Musical scales are based on Fibonacci numbers; piano keyboard scale of 13 keys has 8 white keys and 5 black keys, split into groups of 3 and 2.

13 notes separate each octave of 8 notes in a scale, of which the 5th and 3rd notes create the basic foundation of all chords, and are based on whole tone which is 2 steps from the root tone, that is the 1st note of the scale.

Golden mean gauge gaaolDna Anaupat maapI

The Bagdad City Gate

Dome of St. Paul: London, England

Windson Castle

Golden Caliper

ART MUSIC

Architecture

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Human expectations occur in a ratio that approaches Phi

our brains are hardwired to find Fibonacci progressions naturally pleasing. Changes in stock prices largely reflect human opinions, valuations and expectations. Humans exhibit positive and negative evaluations of the opinions they hold in a ratio that approaches phi, with 61.8% positive and 38.2% negative. Used to predicting stock market behaviour.

Shape of Universe

Rings of Saturn

Further classic subdivisions of the rectangle align perfectly with major architectural features of the structure.
Further classic subdivisions of the rectangle align perfectly with major architectural features of the structure.

Egyptians in the design of the pyramids,

The CN Tower in Toronto, the tallest tower.

The ratio of observation deck at 342 meters to the total height of 553.33 is 0.618, the reciprocal of Phi!

Notre Dame in Paris

2 1 2 8 5

Phi as repeated square root

Phi as continued fraction

Fibonacci numbers define key points in human aging

Huma n Age 0
1 1 2 3 5 Developme nt Stage

Key Attributes Conception

Birth Walking, vocalizing Talking, expressing, imitating Self image and control, toilet training Formal education begins

Gestation
Newborn Infant Toddler Toddler Early child

8 13
21

Mid child Adolescent Young adult Mid adult

Elder adult Completion

Age of reason, knowing of right and wrong Thinking, puberty, sexual maturation and drive
Full physical growth, adult in society, education complete, beginning career, financial responsibility, eligible for voting

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55 89

Refinement of adult skills, parenting role Fulfillment of adult skills, serving, retirement begins with eligibility for Medicare, Social Security
Insight and wisdom into life

Surely it is logical to conclude that the connections exist because nature, mathematics and the human mind, with its subtle sense of beauty, have one supreme link they are all the created products of God, the Master Designer - Russel Grigg