Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597!! Sounds like he's either an incredible mathematician or he's Dracula! Wonderful lecture! :D So much good information and so inspiring!
I truly enjoyed the good Professor's selection. This concept goes back to C.P.Snow The Two Cultures and forward far beyond Snow. I think that the architecture of Eero Saarinen, for example the hard to overlook Gateway Arch in St. Louis, even may overstate it's mathematical roots. The serialist music of Webern and Berg and John Cage's aleatoric compositions bridge mathematics principals to modern dance and jazz, e.g., the explorations and revelations of space by Pilobolus. Kurt Vonnegut puts life, death and consciousness under examination on a 4 dimensional continuum. Bravo.
Very good. Just note the the correct name of the writer is Jorge Luis Borges, not Luis Jorge as shown in the presentation and he is indeed a great writer, some particularly good stories are: The Library of Babel (mentioned in the conference) Funes, the Memorious The Aleph The Garden of Forking Paths Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius The Immortal Theme of the Traitor and the Hero The Writing of the God The Golem Any of them will give you a sense of union of mathematics and writing as the author touches upon infinity (both physical and time). Enjoy.
Thank you for the reading suggestions , kind sir . I've placed them on my todo list . By the way : when the slide appears , the professor actually mentions that it has the names in the wrong order . edit : i found another bit on JLB by prof Du Sautoy , also on Gresham : ua-cam.com/video/f1QXrbWtbKQ/v-deo.html
I would like to see Professor du Sautoy's interpretation of Alexander Borodin's Third Symphony. Alexander Borodin uses 5/8 time in the A Minor Key, generally used for for a sad mood. Paradoxically, it is happy music. Also the 2nd movement features alternating contrasting melodies. Alexander Borodin was actually a professional Chemist, but he composed well enough to get the respect of Franz Liszt.
Thank you . I didn't know this Symphony , but the way you describe it makes me want to hear it , probably right after i've watched this video a couple of times .
“Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
Nice. I approach so many math- music connection articles and vids with dread. This was good, good to see demonstration of real use of math rather than the vague mentions of sacred geometry, etc. I don't see the room sides into string lengths, thas pure conjecture.
There is a French classical guitarist and composer, who teach at Cortot in Paris, he is very mathematical too. In fact he used to teach physics at la Sorbonne university before teaching classical guitar. His name is Rafael Andia. check him out!
An excellent video and lecture. It is interesting to learn how much mathematics is to be found embedded in music. Now, far be it from me to find fault with Professor du Sautoy, but I am puzzled by his claim at 22:55 that 130 and 83 are the closest numbers that represent the Golden Ratio. This observation is suspect on several fronts. To name two clear ones, 130/83 = 1.566... which is nowhere near 1.618033... 130/80 (with 13 and 8 being consecutive "Fibonacci" numbers) is much closer at 1.625, and 134/83 (at 1.614) is even closer. It could be that the Professor had the ratio 130/80.3 in mind. This, at 1.61892..., is closer still. The other observation I want to make is that the Golden Ratio is a limit, as the "Fibonacci" numbers tend to infinity, of the ratio between a given number and its predecessor. And so, in fact, no two numbers can be considered to be the closest to representing it.
I suspect he misspoke / over simplified and meant something along the lines of the closest ratio you can get for a piece of music of that length (in whole bars)
NumbersGuy perhaps there are other heard parallels that call you up too check in and phone the digital analogue semantic syntacts too other timed phonetics if you hear unsound nonsences should concider that is what else could exist st there as built in error checkers, unless it's a draught of cold chess moves?
Wow - loved the idea that we live on the outside of a bagel. But, depending on the way you connect the edges of the screen/universe, could we not just as easily be on the inside of a globe?
Hmm..."music is the pleasure from counting the brain feels when it doesn't know it is counting" or whatever Leibniz said, I don't know about that, haha...it's probably part of it, but music is more than just counting...something can move you because of a harmony, or the use of a given note as opposed to another...
Ah...50:17..."almost all primes"...wouldn't have thought they'd say that...and it can't mean "all primes except on a set of measure zero", haha, as in measure theory...I wonder how they define "almost" in number theory...at any rate, never heard of the Hirsch length either...
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I have read Finding MoonShine 4 times and still will be reading it ... again. Thank you Markus de Sautoy...
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597!! Sounds like he's either an incredible mathematician or he's Dracula! Wonderful lecture! :D
So much good information and so inspiring!
I truly enjoyed the good Professor's selection. This concept goes back to C.P.Snow The Two Cultures and forward far beyond Snow. I think that the architecture of Eero Saarinen, for example the hard to overlook Gateway Arch in St. Louis, even may overstate it's mathematical roots. The serialist music of Webern and Berg and John Cage's aleatoric compositions bridge mathematics principals to modern dance and jazz, e.g., the explorations and revelations of space by Pilobolus. Kurt Vonnegut puts life, death and consciousness under examination on a 4 dimensional continuum. Bravo.
I could watch hours and hours of this type of lecture. Very intriguing.
Very good. Just note the the correct name of the writer is Jorge Luis Borges, not Luis Jorge as shown in the presentation and he is indeed a great writer, some particularly good stories are:
The Library of Babel (mentioned in the conference)
Funes, the Memorious
The Aleph
The Garden of Forking Paths
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
The Immortal
Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
The Writing of the God
The Golem
Any of them will give you a sense of union of mathematics and writing as the author touches upon infinity (both physical and time). Enjoy.
Jerry Elizondo encryption jazz ,why author point back too yell exact?
Thank you for the reading suggestions , kind sir . I've placed them on my todo list .
By the way : when the slide appears , the professor actually mentions that it has the names in the wrong order .
edit : i found another bit on JLB by prof Du Sautoy , also on Gresham :
ua-cam.com/video/f1QXrbWtbKQ/v-deo.html
Alas : the clip that i mentioned in my previous reply , is taken from *this* Lecture .
Probably the most interesting lecture I've ever watched on UA-cam because it makes connections between all my passions - Thanks Prof
I would like to see Professor du Sautoy's interpretation of Alexander Borodin's Third Symphony. Alexander Borodin uses 5/8 time in the A Minor Key, generally used for for a sad mood. Paradoxically, it is happy music. Also the 2nd movement features alternating contrasting melodies. Alexander Borodin was actually a professional Chemist, but he composed well enough to get the respect of Franz Liszt.
Thank you . I didn't know this Symphony , but the way you describe it makes me want to hear it , probably right after i've watched this video a couple of times .
“Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
Excellent lecture overall! Mathematics and architecture, the important role it plays in our built environments
Fascinating and interesting is so many ways.
Especially as I understand neither art, music or mathematics.
Thank you.
A mathematician gives a lecture on musicology. Great!
Music and Maths can go hand in hand
Nice. I approach so many math- music connection articles and vids with dread. This was good, good to see demonstration of real use of math rather than the vague mentions of sacred geometry, etc. I don't see the room sides into string lengths, thas pure conjecture.
Thank you for this lecture. Keep 'em comin'!
Inspiring lecture...
There is a French classical guitarist and composer, who teach at Cortot in Paris, he is very mathematical too. In fact he used to teach physics at la Sorbonne university before teaching classical guitar. His name is Rafael Andia. check him out!
logan govinden Rhienhartes kill em at the Hot Club Tonite!
A very interesting lecture! Thank you.
Wonderful Lecture. +rep to Professor Sautoy
I love Marcus, he’s very bright.
An excellent video and lecture. It is interesting to learn how much mathematics is to be found embedded in music. Now, far be it from me to find fault with Professor du Sautoy, but I am puzzled by his claim at 22:55 that 130 and 83 are the closest numbers that represent the Golden Ratio. This observation is suspect on several fronts. To name two clear ones, 130/83 = 1.566... which is nowhere near 1.618033... 130/80 (with 13 and 8 being consecutive "Fibonacci" numbers) is much closer at 1.625, and 134/83 (at 1.614) is even closer. It could be that the Professor had the ratio 130/80.3 in mind. This, at 1.61892..., is closer still. The other observation I want to make is that the Golden Ratio is a limit, as the "Fibonacci" numbers tend to infinity, of the ratio between a given number and its predecessor. And so, in fact, no two numbers can be considered to be the closest to representing it.
I suspect he misspoke / over simplified and meant something along the lines of the closest ratio you can get for a piece of music of that length (in whole bars)
NumbersGuy perhaps there are other heard parallels that call you up too check in and phone the digital analogue semantic syntacts too other timed phonetics if you hear unsound nonsences should concider that is what else could exist st there as built in error checkers, unless it's a draught of cold chess moves?
great mathematician
funny he mentioned cicadas, bcz that is EXACTLY what the music reminded me of.
Wow - loved the idea that we live on the outside of a bagel. But, depending on the way you connect the edges of the screen/universe, could we not just as easily be on the inside of a globe?
Martin Joyce haha,so you think you can tell from an old steal rael?
Why would anyone dislike this? religion? hate math? I just don't know.
Wes' TECH Really Jon gotta nue mota?
π pi no es la relación perímetro diámetro pues una circunferencia no es un polígono regular es una curva cerrada
53:53
What was the date of this lecture?
+beingnonbeing
The Lecture was delivered on the 21 May 2014
www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-secret-mathematicians
Regards
GC
What is the most interesting piece in this lecture?
Like si estas miranla a ultima hora perque dema tens examen a la UDL.
Hmm..."music is the pleasure from counting the brain feels when it doesn't know it is counting" or whatever Leibniz said, I don't know about that, haha...it's probably part of it, but music is more than just counting...something can move you because of a harmony, or the use of a given note as opposed to another...
Funny he didn't pick Lewis Carol, haha...an actual mathematician...
I guess it's the obvious choice, a little cliché...
Haha!!...ua-cam.com/video/WyZxnskUJSM/v-deo.html...dancing...
Ah...50:17..."almost all primes"...wouldn't have thought they'd say that...and it can't mean "all primes except on a set of measure zero", haha, as in measure theory...I wonder how they define "almost" in number theory...at any rate, never heard of the Hirsch length either...
en teoría matemática
los entes geométricos son el punto la recta el plano y la curva que
una línea curva no es una recta ni está compuesta de rectas
Illuminati.
My frustration is that someone who scribbles nonsense like Charles Dickens, is somehow better known than James Clerk Maxwell.
Like it or not, humans are better tuned for story telling than for really complicated logic.
Scribbling nonsense ???
this guy is a numerologist, meaning he gets off on attributing significance to number sequences that in the real world, have no relationship.
Mathematics is a logical activity; numerology is a mysticism.
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A very interesting lecture! Thank you.