Fibonacci sequence and biological sciences

Document Type : Review Paper

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1 Department of Mathematics, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Biology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

 In this article we try to remind the reader that no knowledge is possible without mathematics. Mathematics is the science of thought and the basis of human thought and it is about finding, describing and understanding the order that lies in seemingly complex and chaotic situations. Abstract mathematical theories are directly related to nature and can be used to interpret it. In this regard, Norbert Wiener has a beautiful saying: “It seems that one can sit from the morning to evening watching the cute and strange creams of water but in the midst of all this beauty, I was drawn to mathematics and physics and those mathematical laws, which govern all these disordered masses of water” [18]. In this paper, with a review of fractal geometry, the Fibonacci sequence, symmetry, we describe their application in the regular biological sciences which lies in the seemingly complex situations of biology.

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Mathematics and Society
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2021
Pages 57-70

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  • Receive Date: 10 February 2022
  • Revise Date: 31 May 2022
  • Accept Date: 24 June 2022
  • Publish Date: 22 November 2021

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