If you’ve ever heard the phrase “the music of the spheres,” your first thought probably wasn’t about mathematics. But in its historical origin, the music of the spheres actually was all about math. In ...

In 2021 an unconventional pair of collaborators embarked on a bold experiment. For two years Steven Rayan, a mathematician and mathematical physicist, and Jeff Presslaff, a freelance composer, pianist ...

It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and classroom B150, tucked away in a corner of the Northwest Building basement, buzzes with energy. Inside the room, students furiously type on their laptops, flip through ...

Physics Professor Jesse Berezovsky contends that until now, much of the thinking about math and music has been a top-down approach, applying mathematical ideas to existing musical compositions as a ...

The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science wrapped up last week in Washington, DC. One particularly enjoyable and informative highlight was a session on Mathematics ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American This review first appeared in the December ...

What does math and musical performance have in common? That's what Ami Radunskaya, a guest lecturer from Pomona College, answered for roughly 70 people during "A Celebration of Mathematics and Music" ...

Math as both profession and course of study can be a hard sell, something even Don Draper might have trouble pitching. The field unites numbers, theories, and ideas that, yes, can be physically ...

A new breakthrough that bridges number theory and geometry is just the latest triumph for a close-knit group of mathematicians. One of the first collaborations Xinyi Yuan and Wei Zhang ever undertook ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Case Western Reserve University physics professor applies tools of statistical mechanics to explain why basic ordered patterns emerge in music across time and cultures Next time you listen to a ...