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Guitar Tuning is Imperfect (Part 2 of 2): Tuning Methods

March 28, 2021

If you've ever tried tuning a guitar, you might have come across various techniques for doing so. Some common methods include tuning by…

Guitar Tuning is Imperfect (Part 1 of 2): Tuning Systems

November 01, 2020

And it's not only guitars. Many instruments — from pianos to flutes to saxophones — are tuned in equal temperament. Contrast this, for…

Pictures of Chaos

August 28, 2020

Symmetric icon with reflectional and five-fold rotational symmetry. This image was generated by a Python program. In all of its swirling…

Dice (Part 2 of 2): Context Free Grammars, Random Walks and Fractals

July 28, 2020

Dice fractal. In , we took a look at the various mechanisms and theory driving probability distributions on dice. Now, equipped with…

Dice (Part 1 of 2): Probability and Symmetry

July 05, 2020

Out of Luck. Beautiful and complex imagery stem from various applications of the humble 6-sided die. At its core, a die can be viewed in…

Dynamic Visualizations

April 20, 2020

The site now has the capability to include p5.js sketches into blog posts. The framework enables math+art to provide visualizations of…

Happy Birthday, Leonardo.

April 15, 2020

Leonardo's self portrait. One positive aspect of staying in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic has been finding more time to pursue…

M.C. Escher and Tessellations

February 01, 2020

Escher's Circle Limit I. Many of the drawings of Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher closely connect with the mathematical concepts…

First Post

January 25, 2020

This is my first post! Check out the page for more info on what you can expect to see this on site, and come back soon for more posts…

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