Prelims Flashcards
(24 cards)
Collection of objects, and in mathematical discourse
Set
Symbol or a word which is used to connect two or more sentences.
Logical Connective
Used to state complete thoughts
Sentence
Mathematical transformation of such a kind.
Function
One that gets smaller as it goes
Logarithmic Spiral
Give examples of medicine and health
- MRI and Tomography
- Neurology
- Epidemics Analysis
- Crowd People
- Problem Solving
- Pharmacy and Medicine
- Population Dynamics
- Plastic Surgery
- Counting Calories
Able to say things briefly
Concise
Is when different sides of something are alike
Symmetry
We see this pattern in hurricanes, galaxies, and some seashells.
Spirals
Give examples of engineering
- Construction
- Automotive Design
- Building Bridges
- Robotics
- Roller Coaster Design
- Computer Circuits
- Rockets and Satellites
- Microwaves
- Surveying
Sequences or designs that are orderly and that repeat.
Patterns
‘Never-ending’ patterns that repeat indefinitely as the pattern is iterated on an infinitely smaller
scale.
Fractals
Give examples of technology
- Predicting the Weather
- Internet and Phones
- Computers
- Reading CDs and DVDs
- Public Key Cryptography
- Satellite Navigation
- Digital Music
- Search Engines
- Navigation
- Speech Recognition
- Breaking the Enigma
- Public Transportation
- Computer Circuits
- Movie Graphics
- Image Compression
- Measuring Time
We see this type of pattern in trees, rivers, mountains, shells, clouds, leaves, lightning
Fractals
Used to name things we want to talk about (like people, places, and things)
Nouns
Give examples of finance and business
- Supply Chains
- Finance and Banking
- Gambling and Betting
- Insurance
- Loans, Internet, Mortgages
- Fraud Detection
- Big Data
- Pricing Strategies
- Game Theory
Give examples of media
- Reading CDs and DVDs
- Digital Music
- Making Music
- Movie Graphics
- Polling and Voting
- Music Shuffling
Is a name given to a mathematical object of interest.
Expression
Able to express complex thoughts with relative ease.
Powerful
Able to make very fine distinctions
Precise
Used to design and develop new components or products, maintain operating components, model real-life situations for testing and learning purposes
Engineering
Which is the sequence of numbers that goes 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21…and so on. Each number is the sum of the two numbers before it.
Fibonacci Patterns / Fibonacci Sequence
Is a complex system of words and symbols, either spoken or written, used by a particular
community as a means of communication.
Language
Are patterns that are formed by repeated cubes or tiles. Can occur with both living and
non-living things
Tessellation
