The Math Webinar in English #58 took place on Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 from 5 pm until 6 pm with Debra K. Borkovitz, Clinical Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Boston University, as our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
In this Math Webinar in English, Debra K. Borkovitz presented on “Exploring Recursive Patterns”. The speaker described the Fibonacci numbers (sequence of natural numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones), the Padovan numbers (sequence of natural numbers that starts with 1, 1, 1 and every subsequent number is the sum of the two terms located two and three positions back) and the Narayana numbers (sequence of natural numbers that starts with 1, 1, 1 and every subsequent number is the sum of the previous term and the term located three positions back). Debra K. Borkovitz also recommended the participants use Polypad, which is a free online platform with interactive virtual manipulatives. This virtual event was co-organized by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
