"Mathematics and Music" with James Stewart

In "Mathematics and Music", James Stewart explores some of the connections and analogies between mathematics and music in an attempt to explain why mathematicians tend to be musical. Listen to the full lecture here http://www.maa.org/news/042810Stewart.html

This talk was part of MAA's Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the National Security Agency.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Mathematics
• Music
• James Stewart
• Calculus
• Brahms
• Beatles
• Philip Glass

[RelativelyHostile1]

I'm good at maths and I am itching to learn a musical instrument

[rod3067]

@captainalbator E=MC2 is physics, and maths aint tedious, it's like music, you need to like them to understand them.it takes a little effort, but maths built mankind as we know it today.

[captainalbator]

People have argued this point with me, and I completely and utterly disagree. I was always good at music, and to this day I'm still horrible at math. Teachers were always baffled. Maybe it's me, but I can't make the connection between E-MC2 and "A Day In The Life". Music is beautiful. Math is tedious.

[danielang330]

@gsierra33 Me gustaria escucharla... era divertida? ahaha

[Anaphorica]

In all but classical music, notation is nothing but a rough guideline. It is debatable if there is even a notation that could represent all aspects of a performance.

[freeform144]

Well said. 

[warboner]

Cymatics. Mathematics comes from tones.