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Mathematical patterns in nature

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Mathematical patterns in nature

Geometric Shapes

  • Circles
  • Triangles 

Fibonacci sequence

  • subsequent number sum of previous two
  • 1,1,2,3,5,8
  • spirals and plant patterns

Phi

  • Golden Ratio - 1.618
  • patterns and proportions
  • animals

Fractals

  • repeating patterns, different scales
  • most common pattern in nature
  • plants, large geographic features

patterns in life of pi

Photo by zoe toseland

geometric Shapes

  • circles- "to be a castaway.." 
  • triangles- shark fin, Mr.Kumar

phi

  • animal face- tiger
  • animal body- shark
Photo by fPat

fractals

  • lightning
  • waves
  • clouds
  • turtles
Photo by beninfreo