{"id":48266,"date":"2021-09-09T09:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T07:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/the-beauty-within-maths-20210908-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:17:12","slug":"the-beauty-within-maths-20210908-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/the-beauty-within-maths-20210908-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The beauty within maths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE symmetry of a face, the angles of a city skyline, the way fireflies start flickering in unison: Mathematical shapes and patterns are all around us \u2013 and they can take our breath away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_785ce6da\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10395\/2e677e32df2f458ba9da846fbfd0c39f.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10395\/03936567ac6a42c299aefc49c1b674b1.jpg\" title=\"\u201cMathematical patterns in nature: Divinely proportioned\u201d, is the artwork from one of the gold award winners, Amore Snyman, a Grade 9 learner from Paarl Gymnasium.     Photo:SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\u201cMathematical patterns in nature: Divinely proportioned\u201d, is the artwork from one of the gold award winners, Amore Snyman, a Grade 9 learner from Paarl Gymnasium.     Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeautiful mathematics\u201d was the theme of this year\u2019s MathArt Competition, run annually by Nelson Mandela University\u2019s Govan Mbeki\u2019s Mathematics Development Centre (GMMDC). 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