NUMERIC SEQUENCES AND FRACTALS: A POSSIBLE CONNECTION?

Abstract

This article is a fragment of a master's research, whose purpose was to investigate the contributions of the use of fractal representation, when used for the introduction of numerical sequences, can be obtained with future teachers in Mathematics? The fragment presented here consists of an analysis of a pilot project, developed in a workshop with three university professors, in order to glimpse errors and correctness before its application. It was used an initial questionnaire to the teachers with the purpose of identifying their formation, concluding that all have formation in Mathematics, two act in Calculus and one in Basic Education. The construction of the Koch Snowflake fractal, with the activities involving numerical sequences, areas and perimeters, allowed us to conclude that it is possible to use such a construction to introduce the subject in the disciplines of Calculus in an encouraging way.