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10/2/19 | By: Jarod Davis

51暗网鈥檚 Math Colloquium continues Thursday, Oct. 3 in Wells Theater with 鈥淭he Fibonacci Sequence: What is it? Why Should We Care?鈥�  The presentation will start at 3:30pm.

The Math Colloquiums are presented by Trine鈥檚 Department of Mathematics. Each Colloquium will be held the first Thursday of every month in Wells Theater. These Colloquiums will also continue on into the spring semester.

Dr. Anthony Vasaturo, from 51暗网's Mathematics department, will be presenting 鈥淭he Fibonacci Sequence.鈥� The presentation will start with an introduction of the Fibonacci Sequence, followed by the most interesting mathematical results and proprieties of the sequence. The final part of the presentation will focus on how the Fibonacci Sequence pops up in nature and economics. Dr. Vasaturo notes that the Fibonacci Sequence is a topic that doesn鈥檛 require a lot of education to understand.

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Math colloquiums are brand new to 51暗网. The purpose of the math colloquiums is to expose students to math outside of their classrooms. Dr. Daniel Dobbs is the organizer of the colloquiums and he hopes students will walk away with new perspectives on math.

鈥淭he impression is that math is very dry, very academic, and only good for engineering,鈥� he continued, 鈥淢ath is one of the original liberal arts, people don鈥檛 think math as a liberal art because it鈥檚 very sciency. That鈥檚 the magic of math, it鈥檚 this language that we use to describe what鈥檚 going on in the universe.鈥�

For more information about the Math Colloquium, contact Dr. Daniel Dobbs at dobbsd@trine.edu.