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Nature’s Number

Mathematics is defined as the study of numbers, equations, and problem-solving.


Space, shapes, and theories are all studied in this subject. Was indeed math, however,
just about numbers, theories, and shapes? Math is a part of our daily life, according to
the book I read about Nature's numbers. I can assure you that math will play a role in
everything we do. We can state that math is not only for solving problems and numbers
if we have a good understanding of what it is for. The book will tell itself that
mathematics is everywhere, and we may realize that mathematics is not what we are all
thinking about if we look further.

Patterns are a mathematical method that we may use in our daily lives, and we
are now incorporating them into our daily routines and shapes that we observe in our
daily lives. In our daily lives, we can take advantage of patterns. Patterns of movement,
for example. There will be a rhythm to our walking, such as left-right-left-right. We can
view a variety of shapes, including squares, rectangles, circles, cubes, cones, and
rectangles. Even if some of these shapes are typical, they can be found in our rooms,
homes, and nature. A rainbow is an example of this; we can see that the rainbow is not
round, but rather a complete circle. Stripes and spots are popular in nature, and birds
and other animals and trees have them. Shapes and patterns can be found both inside
and outside our homes. Patterns, like shapes, will be present in life. Because these
patterns and shapes cannot be eliminated from our surroundings, they will remain in our
eyes and minds forever. This will exist indefinitely, even if there are no more people or
humans on the planet.

Mathematics is a tool for scientists to learn more about what nature is doing, as
well as a tool for mathematicians to learn more about every theoretical topic. Science,
for example, is a little animal with shells that is a part of mathematics. The animal will
continue to grow, but if the shell does not, the animal will grow in a different direction;
however, if the animal grows at the same rate as the shell, the shell will start growing an
additional ring to accommodate it. Mathematics is capable of predicting as well as
assessing difficulties or queries. Predict how things work, such as how an airplane
keeps flying, how a mobile phone app works, and how to keep the internet running.
Almost every pattern that we can observe is used by nature. We went about our regular
lives without realizing that mathematics has a significant impact on our lives and will
always be on our side. Having science and mathematics in our lives will make life easier
for us, and we will gain a better understanding of what mathematics is used for.

When we consider or talk about mathematics, the most important factor is


numbers. Numbers are at the center of mathematics because without them, we can't
solve any issues or even count. The absence of numbers in math will have a significant
impact on problem-solving. We can't live or stay alive without food and drink, for
example, because these are the two most important ingredients in our lives. Math is
also about addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, but we can't add, subtract,
multiply, or divide without numbers. Fractions are also a part of numbers, and they play
a crucial role in counting since, while we can count with our hands or fingers, we can't
count fractions. We all know that mathematics is more than simply numbers; it also
includes patterns, problem-solving, shapes, and theories. It's merely that numbers play
an important role in mathematics. We can't just argue that numbers are just numbers; in
mathematics, they play an important part in helping us to improve. As I previously
stated, we can't count or know the differences between items that contain fractions
without these numbers.

Mathematics has advanced. Every mathematician discovered something fresh


that we may learn and use in our lives. Newton is the only person who can demonstrate
that mathematics can evolve. We all know that math starts with numbers, shapes, and
patterns, but Newton created calculus to modernize the study. We already can find
more appropriate solutions to our questions due to the discovery of calculus, and we
can do so in a more efficient manner. We can now find more appropriate answers to our
inquiries thanks to the discovery of calculus, and we can solve any problem using
calculus formulas. Not only did Newton discover calculus, but he also discovered the
laws of motion. We can now calculate the movement of an airplane, how much force is
required to move an object, and the action of two opposite directions thanks to the laws
of motion. With these two Newton discoveries, we will be able to know all that has to be
solved using formulas. We may now understand that with sufficient force, we can push
or pull anything. We may conclude that if two things collide from opposite directions,
one will be pushed and the other will be pulled. Mathematics became modern as a
result of the calculus and laws of motion, and it has been passed down from generation
to generation.

Music, electricity, and magnetism became part of mathematics after many


discoveries to better mathematics. Gauss discovered that anyone can have a decent
understanding of all of mathematics. For example, if two people pull a string, the thread
will stretch and fall under Newton's laws of motion, which is force, and if the two people
stop pulling the string, the string will come to the center and fall under Newton's laws of
motion, which is action and reaction. We all know that the first step in playing the violin
is to vibrate it with the bow. The violin's strings vibrate when the bow is used, resulting
in a sound. The violin's string vibrations have a wave that is not straight standing waves,
but it can be any wave you want. Mathematicians began to discuss and come up with
the idea that waves may be solved after discovering the wave on the violin waves. They
developed electricity and magnetism after discovering the wave equation. They realize
that lighting is a part of electricity after finding electricity and magnetism. We all know
that electricity and magnetism are two separate concepts, but a chemist found that
these two concepts may be combined to form electromagnetism. Discovering these new
things benefits in the improvement of mathematics and the understanding that anything
we can see, touch, or hear can be a part of it. It is a fact that the end of the videos is
accompanied by the string violin or the vibration of the violin.

There are many various sorts of forms, including circles, squares, rectangles,
triangles, cones, and more, but symmetry is always present when discussing shapes.
Symmetry is a mathematical and aesthetic concept that aids in the classification and
differentiation of various types of regular patterns. Symmetry can take many different
forms and sizes. The most significant are reflections, rotations, and translations—or, to
put it another way, flips, turns, and slides. Pick up an object in the planes, pick it up,
then flip it over onto its back, for example, and it will appear as if it were reflected in a
nice mirror. To make ourselves gorgeous, we use mirrors. Reflections, like the human
body, capture symmetries in which a pattern's left and right sides are identical. When
we hear words like "picture," we automatically think about how one shape relates to
another, and how you may manipulate one shape to make it coincide with the other. We
believe that when someone says "image," some people will think of a mirror. Rotations
capture symmetries in which the same units recur around circles, such as the petals of
a flower. The honeycomb of bees, with its hexagonal "tiles," is an excellent illustration of
symmetry in which units are repeated, similar to a regular array of tiles.

Mathematics is full of mystery; it can be full of numbers, answers, and problems;


it can teach you how forms develop and theories about them; it can tell that the patterns
are a part of our daily lives but is rhythmic or rhythm is really important in our lives or
our world? Rhythmic is a type of rhythm in which the length of time between main beats
or pieces of music is measured. It is essential for us because it can notify us if our
hearts are beating too quickly or too slowly, allowing us to bring someone to the hospital
sooner in the event of an accident. Our hearts and lungs work in cycles that are timed to
satisfy our bodies' needs. It is based on our heart's need, and how many times our heart
will be required. Rhythm is a type of music that has a time pattern, similar to how
musicians play their instruments. If I have a clarinet and wish to play it, for example, I
must blow air into the mouthpiece of the clarinet for it to generate sound or music. I can
blow it hard or soft according to the pattern I'm playing because I'll need a pattern of
notes to play the music that I want.

The focus of modern mathematics is on critical thinking, equations, functions,


sets, and theories, but have we ever considered that chaos could have a theory? Chaos
theory, in mechanics and mathematics, is the study of apparently random or
unpredictable behavior in systems governed by deterministic laws. A more accurate
term, deterministic chaos, suggests a paradox because it connects two notions that are
familiar and commonly regarded as incompatible. Chaotic behavior follows deterministic
laws, but it is so irregular that it appears random to the untrained eye. Chaos is far more
subtle than intricate, patternless behavior. Chaos is an ostensibly complex, seemingly
random behavior that has a simple, deterministic cause. Chaos theory is a branch of
nonlinear dynamics that has revolutionized our understanding of order and disorder, law
and chance, predictability, and randomness. Nature is dominated by chance on the
tiniest scales of space and time, according to current physics. For example, whether a
radioactive atom, such as uranium, decays or not at any given time is entirely
dependent on chance. A uranium atom that is about to decay and one that is not going
to decay have no physical differences.

Since we can observe that our universe has shapes, patterns, and electricity, it is
full of mathematics; however, chaos theory will teach us more about our reality. Chaos
shows us that basic rules-following systems can act in unexpectedly complex ways.
There are important points here for everyone: managers who believe that strictly
controlled companies will work smoothly on their own, politicians who believe that
legislating against a problem will automatically solve it and scientists who believe that
their work is done once they have modeled a system. According to this theory, the world
is not chaotic; rather, it is predictable and boring. The laws that seem to support it are
also simplistic and straightforward at the level of basic physics and math. Despite this,
we are just now beginning to see how complicated things will be in the center. However,
the world cannot be unpredictable; else, humans would be unable to survive. Indeed,
one of the reasons that chaos was not discovered sooner is that our world is
straightforward in many respects. When we look beneath the surface, that simplicity
tends to fade away, yet it remains visible on the surface. "Foxe's hunt rabbits," for
example, only makes sense when it describes a broad pattern of animal interactions.
Foxes chase rabbits in the sense that if a hungry fox spot one, it will very likely chase it
down.

Stewart concludes the book with an epilogue in which he speculates, hopes, and
wishes for a new kind of mathematics that incorporates chaos theory and the other
elements he's discussed – a theory and study of form that takes everything we already
know about mathematics and tries to figure out how the almost incomprehensible
complexity we're discovering in nature gives rise to all the simple patterns we see. He
refers to it as morphometrics. The number is merely one of many mathematical
properties that can aid in our understanding and description of nature. If we try to
compress all of nature's freedom to restricted numerical models, we will never grasp the
growth of a tree or the sands in the desert. Even if we are no longer in this world,
mathematics will never abandon us or the world. We all know that information is eternal
in this world and will be passed down from generation to generation. Science and
mathematics will exist in this world indefinitely, and we have no idea when or if they will
cease to exist.
I. Introduction
A. Hook
B. Background
C. Thesis Statement
II. Body
A. Topic Sentence
B. Supporting details
C. Analysis
III. Conclusion
A. Further significance of the topic and reason
B. References or bibliography
References:

Natural Order (Ian Stewart 8) from


https://www.academia.edu/36950343/Ian_stewart_numerele_naturii?fbclid=IwAR3
egDPOFyMXgVqInWBxYc5F1rzgdFJI_HxHmD1xdjKZIXv8DUWHinHm8Oo

What is Mathematics is For (1995) from


https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/natures-numbers-ian-
stewart/?fbclid=IwAR22DF8UrzX33SxujrTVwH_sSUjaQ5qOQWAY2iOhRdRlByXM
B8U_ZxqQekA

What is Mathematics About (1995) from


https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/natures-numbers-ian-
stewart/?fbclid=IwAR22DF8UrzX33SxujrTVwH_sSUjaQ5qOQWAY2iOhRdRlByXM
B8U_ZxqQekA

The Constants of Change (Ian Stewart 49) from


https://www.academia.edu/36950343/Ian_stewart_numerele_naturii?fbclid=IwAR3
egDPOFyMXgVqInWBxYc5F1rzgdFJI_HxHmD1xdjKZIXv8DUWHinHm8Oo

From Violins to Videos (Ian Stewart 63) from


https://www.academia.edu/36950343/Ian_stewart_numerele_naturii?fbclid=IwAR3
egDPOFyMXgVqInWBxYc5F1rzgdFJI_HxHmD1xdjKZIXv8DUWHinHm8Oo

Broken Symmetry (Ian Stewart 73) from


https://www.academia.edu/36950343/Ian_stewart_numerele_naturii?fbclid=IwAR3
egDPOFyMXgVqInWBxYc5F1rzgdFJI_HxHmD1xdjKZIXv8DUWHinHm8Oo

The Rhythm of Life (Ian Stewart 93) from


https://www.academia.edu/36950343/Ian_stewart_numerele_naturii?fbclid=IwAR3
egDPOFyMXgVqInWBxYc5F1rzgdFJI_HxHmD1xdjKZIXv8DUWHinHm8Oo

Do Dice Play God? (1995) from


https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/natures-numbers-ian-
stewart/?fbclid=IwAR22DF8UrzX33SxujrTVwH_sSUjaQ5qOQWAY2iOhRdRlByXM
B8U_ZxqQekA
Chaos Theory (n.d.) from https://www.britannica.com/science/chaos-theory

John Vic M. Sawali

21-01878

johnvicsawali@gmail.com / 21-01878@g.batstate-u.edu.ph

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