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What Math Actually Sounds Like

Posted by timothy on from the and-not-just-like-a-hatchet dept.

cellophane writes "If Verdi had a math fetish and a computer, would he be John Greschak? Greschak composes music based upon the mathematical properties of various mathematical objects (e.g. a six-sided die or pentominoes). He writes computer programs to realize devised algorithms and uses the results of these processes as source material for musical pieces. Greschak's newest addition, Platonic Dice: Dodecahedron for 12 woodwinds, was created by using musical material derived from the mathematical properties of one of the Platonic dice. Well, its not Verdi, but its definitely interesting."

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  1. where are the lusers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Got these mod points to use on the luser first posters!!

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MATH IS FUN

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No..its musical. Jackass

  3. This subject fascinates me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What are the implications for Beowulf clustering/grid computing?

    Thanks in advance.

  4. QuickTime is like a virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    on Windows. It claims all attachment types - even those reserved by other programs. In my experience it is also difficult to uninstall and leaves your system in an unstable state. When I see QuickTime I say "no thanks".

    My name is PeeWee and I use Windows.

  5. What does Quicktime sound like by gelfling · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It must be great but I don't know because no matter many updates I install there's always one more for anything that needs to be played.

    Ever.

    Really - dozens and dozens of QT updates and it's never enough. What's the fucking point?