Ranny I. Castillo Jr.

BSIT – 1
Nature’s Number (2002)
Ian Stewart
Synthesis Paper
In mathematics, anything you can see is a pattern, many formula so you can solve, many
lengths, widths, and heights but what is mathematics; Mathematics is a form of solving problems,
solving is the best way that you can determine that is correct or wrong. In the first chapter said that
“Universe is a pattern” because anything, anywhere is a pattern like trees; on how it grows and
spreads them into the branches and leaves, also like stars; like constellations that you can see a
figure when you look up in the sky, like snow; when you see the figures if you see nearly in the
snow like snowflakes, and many more. Nature also a pattern like I said that a flower when you see
a petal of a sunflower, you can determine what angle, what type of figures and what the result of
all the petals you can solve, also formula have a pattern because you can know what a letter or a
symbol what it looks like, for example; there are missing a symbol in this formula, you can create
them just solve it and you can get it the result of a new formula.

A pattern is everywhere, like animals, DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid), tiles in the floor,
rocks and many things you can discover but not all, sometimes not a pattern like a water; if you
use as being a creativity, it has a pattern. Imaginary and creativity can cause a pattern. Art is a
pattern because whatever you can paint, whatever you can draw, there is a pattern. Sequence is
also a pattern, for example is 1,3,5,7,9,11,15… and also you can know the answer is a odd number,
others is said that the missing number is a even number, you can now determine that is have a
pattern. Strategically, using logic is the best way that you can easier to solve as much as you can
do.

Patterns are basically numerical patterns, geometric patterns, and movement (translation,
rotation, reflection) patterns. A mathematician’s instinct is to structure the process of
understanding by seeking generalities that cut across various sub divisions. A lot of physics
proceeded with out the any major advances in the mathematical world. For 200 years, calculus was
in a different position. It was being used with great success in Physics But the mathematicians
were really concerned about what it really meant. Thus there is a fundamental difference in the
way of thinking of a mathematician. They tend to ask WHY rather than HOW. HOW related
questions are left to domain experts, be it physicists , chemists, scientists etc Mathematicians
concentrate on WHY and that opens a whole set of areas for people to work on HOWs. For
example snail develops a spiral shell, mathematician will be interested in the ways a spiral is
formed whereas how the snail makes the shell is matter of genetics / chemistry.

Since the dramatic discovery of the mathematical concept of chaos in 1989, the controversy
of its contents has settled down. This revised edition of Does God Play Dice? takes a fresh look at
its achievements and potential. With a new preface and three completely new chapters, it includes
the latest practical applications of chaos theory, such as developing intelligent heart pacemakers.
All this provides a fascinating new answer to Einstein’s question which provided the title of this
book. (Penguin UK 1997)

For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an
indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately,
the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of
mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to
satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real understanding or to greater intellectual
independence. This new edition of Richard Courant's and Herbert Robbins's classic work seeks to
address this problem. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. Written for beginners
and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics?,
Second Edition is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and
accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Covering everything from natural numbers and the
number system to geometrical constructions and projective geometry, from topology and calculus
to matters of principle and the Continuum Hypothesis, this fascinating survey allows readers to
delve into mathematics as an organic whole rather than an empty drill in problem solving. With
chapters largely independent of one another and sections that lead upward from basic to more
advanced discussions, readers can easily pick and choose areas of particular interest without
impairing their understanding of subsequent parts. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian
Stewart, What is Mathematics?, Second Edition offers new insights into recent mathematical
developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem,
problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that
have since been solved. Formal mathematics is like spelling and grammar--a matter of the correct
application of local rules. Meaningful mathematics is like journalism--it tells an interesting story.
But unlike some journalism, the story has to be true. The best mathematics is like literature--it
brings a story to life before your eyes and involves you in it, intellectually and emotionally. What
is Mathematics is like a fine piece of literature--it opens a window onto the world of mathematics
for anyone interested to view. (Oxford University 1996)

Mathematics is full of solving everything that you can analyze it in a simple ways, but you
must use a formula or being a strategic or logically things that way to solve it but sometimes any
solution comes wrong like positive or negative that the result is not true. Analyzing is only a thing
that you can determine whether is true or false.