Thursday, October 15, 2020
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Math Seminar Series
(Conferences / Seminars / Lectures)
Student GAUSS Seminar
Joshua Ruiter from Michigan State University will be speaking.
The title is "An algebraic approach to musical scales."
Contact Keshav Sutrave (sutravek@msu.edu) for more information.
This talk is motivated by applications to music theory, especially the construction of musical scales. We'll describe how to think of "good" scales as a subgroups of S^1, then dip our toes into the theory of continued fractions to understand why some "good" scales are "better" than others. In particular, we can get a satisfying mathematical reason for the ubiquity of 12-tone equal temperament scale system. more information...
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Zoom link provided on Math Seminars page [map] |
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free |
| Sponsor: |
Department of Mathematics |
| Contact: |
Department of Mathematics
 (517) 353-0844
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