Hearing the Drum of the Rhythm
John Belcher and Terrence Blackman

Proceedings of Bridges 2013: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 611–618
Workshop Papers

Abstract

The title of the workshop is a twist on a question posed by mathematician Mark Kac in a 1966 paper, “Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?” In the “Hearing the Drum of the Rhythm” workshop, the presenters will use music rhythms to model and think about the low end of the frequency spectrum for a circular membrane. This interactive, experiential workshop seeks to demonstrate the potential of the use of music to build intuitions about deep mathematical questions and of the value of music in providing “aural representations” of these ideas.

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