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Fibonacci Beauty Ratio Reflective Essay (Extra Credit)

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Golden ratio in human body

In the first video they introduce a man by the name of fibonacci and his numbers. His numbers are divided and numbers close in proximity are produced. The golden ratio is a number, 1.6180339887. Artist , scientists, and sculptors use this number ratio to build their mater pieces. The number was used by many famous painters to make their work "beautiful".

 

Fibonacci and the golden mean

In 1201 Fibonacci studied mathematics but first introduced Christian religion to the world. He wanted to observe the number of bunny rabbits that were born each year. In conducting this expedient he found that the numbers held a significant pattern. Each number in the series was equivalent to the two previous numbers sum in the sequence. This was the beginning of the unlocking of many other things. It helped in the field of botany. It also helped with the architecture of buildings.

 

Nature by numbers

In this video no words are being said. However, images are being broken down on the screen. They are shown in detail and complexity . They are being zoomed in and shown the little details and how mathematical figures are used to make these animals and things in nature and society. It also shows how the littlest details create the most beautiful masterpieces. Math ratios and numbers are shown when the images are broken down.

 

The beauty of golden ratio

In this website, in ancient architecture the beauty ratio was used. The great pyramids of Giza was used on the basis of the golden ratio. The parathion  has its exterior based on the golden ratio. The width and height of the U.N. building is also based upon this number ratio.

 

Golden ratio in art and architecture

The famous swiss french architect and painter Le Corbusier  was a strong advocate of the golden ration. However, in the beginning, he strongly disliked and had negative connotations about  the use and work of this number. He later used it to help inspire his work. He has a basic interest in forms and structures.

 

Summary

While watching these videos and reading the articles I found every bit of information interesting. My favorite video to watch was the nature by number one. Seeing how the simplest of details was created from math was astounding. Overall the information that arises from fibonacci and his number was very intriguing and I actually found his golden ration was mathematical beauty to be offensive. Beauty is from within not outside appearance,.

SP:#6 Unit K Concept 10: writing a repeating decimal as a rational number using geometric series

 

Unit K Concept 10: writing a repeating decimal as a rational number using geometric series

 

 

 

When doing these problems remember to not worry about the number in front of the decimal right away: forget about it in the beginning. Since it is a 3 digit repeating decimal it goes on top of 1000 making r=1/1000. You solve it and plug it into the formula and one you get your answer you add it to the umber in front which you previously ignored in the beginning.

Fibonacci Beauty Ratio Blog Post (Extra Credit)

 

Fibonacci Beauty Ratio Blog Post (Extra Credit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fibonacci number is 1.618.... and of my group members Viviane was the closet to that number. What we did was measure our "mathematical" beauty with measurements of various body parts.

In essence I don't think its really beauty physically that we measured but the lengths were beautiful numbers. I would say it isn't that valid because various people had numbers close to this but they are all different shapes and sizes , in all beauty isn't just solemnly one thing, in this case the numbers, however this activity proved to be fun and exciting.