How is math present in nature?
Where can you find mathematics in nature? Cite five examples.
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in leaves -symmetry
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spirals on a pine cone , pineapple
Step-by-step explanation:
seeds in a sunflower
petals on a flower
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Many believe that there is a black hole at the center of every galaxy and is created when mass is compressed enough that it collapse into itself. There is a mathematical formula for this –Our planet Earth would become a black hole if compressed to the size of a walnut. Quantum theory gives us the deeper understanding of black holes.
While watching incredibly amazing snow flakes have you ever thought about Mathematics inside. Well it is there in its symmetry or pattern. Every snowflake is exactly identical of the other one.Every snowflake is unique yet symmetrical. Snowflakes exhibit sixfold symmetry with identical patterns on each arm. Each snowflake falls and experiences unique atmospheric conditions which in turn affect how the crystals on the flake form. Each arm of the flake go through similar conditions and consequently crystallizes in the same way. Each arm is an exact copy of the other.
Bright sunflower comprises of radial symmetry in holding its seeds which is commonly called Fibonacci sequence. Who have researched and counted seed spirals in a sunflower have found that the amount of spirals adds up to a Fibonacci number. Many plants produce leaves or seeds in the Fibonacci sequence.
You might be wondering that why sunflowers abide by Maths rules. Here is the clarification, sunflowers can reside maximum number of seeds only if every seed is separated by an irrational-numbered angle called as the “golden angle”.
After sunflower let’s move to beehives or honeycombs , a place to store honey extracted from sunflowers. It is finally proved that honeybees are among world’s most efficient builders because of high precision engineering technique.
Bees use their wax in positioning their hives to form six-sided chambers wherein each wax partition is 0.1mm thick with exactly same side and width where walls coincide. Each of the six walls have exactly the same width with total area of walls is as small as possible.
Honeycombs are storage houses of bees for honey they create. Hexagon is a perfect shape of honeycombs as per strength and storage space is required. Mathematicians agree that so far no other structure exist which serves their motive so perfectly.
Nature is the truest form of existence do have mathematical application whether in its design or in its working. This perfect world of mathematics is reflected in the imperfect physical world which makes it one of the world’s most fascinating wonders