Introducing some sustainable development notions to students of Mathematics using a nested cycles model

Sylvain Barré (1) , Salim Lardjane (1)

1 LMBA - Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Bretagne Atlantique

We model the aspects of Nature which are relevant to a phenomenon of interest as an infinity of nested regular polygons with 1, 2,…, n,… vertices, inscribed in circles of radii 0, 1, 2,…, n-1,… . Each polygon represents a natural cycle and each vertex a state of the cycle.

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Sciences de l'environnement

Sylvain Barré, Salim Lardjane. Introducing some sustainable development notions to students of Mathematics using a nested cycles model. Education for Sustainability: Building capacity in higher education, Copernicus Alliance, Oct 2014, Prague, Czech Republic. ⟨hal-01098518⟩