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SUMMARY:Math meets Music: Covering a curve [Public Event]
DTSTART:20260602T153000Z
DTEND:20260602T173000Z
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CONTACT:opadurariu@mpim-bonn.mpg.de
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Wadim Zudilin\n\nWebsite\nMathematical facts are oft
 en represented through expressions (also known as formulas) that feature n
 umerous numbers.  Some of those numbers show up in the formulas "more oft
 en" than other ones — think of 00\, 11 or π=3.1415926…π=3.1415926
 … — and that gives us good reason to distinguish them from the rest 
 by giving them appropriate "unique" names and studying them in greater dep
 th.  Names can be symbolic and short — like ππ or GG — but in m
 ost cases such numbers are named after scientists: the Euler–Mascheroni 
 constant\, the Planck constant\, etc.  The special number 21/12=1.059463
 …21/12=1.059463… appears as the frequency ratio of a semitone (the int
 erval between any two adjacent notes) and\, at the same time\, indicates t
 hat the 100% annual interest on a bank account means about 5.9% interest m
 onthly.  In my lecture\, I will discuss the conceptual and historical dev
 elopment of the practice of assigning names to numbers\, as well as relate
 d issues concerning the calculation of numbers and a deeper "understanding
 " of them.\nWith musical contributions by the following artists:\n\nAlexan
 dra Badea (piano)\nEva-Maria Hekkelman (cello)\nSun Woo Park (piano)\nDa
 vid Prinz (piano)\nLiza Schonlau (vocals)\n\n\nhttps://math-events.uni-b
 onn.de/event/1335/
LOCATION:MPIM\, Vivatsgasse\,  7 - Lecture Hall (Max Planck Institute for 
 Mathematics)
URL:https://math-events.uni-bonn.de/event/1335/
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