Scott Rickard:
The beautiful math behind the world's ugliest music
Scott Rickard set out to engineer the ugliest possible piece of music, devoid of repetition, using a mathematical concept known as the Costas Array. In this surprisingly entertaining talk, he shares the math behind musical beauty ... and its opposite.
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Similar topics
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- Algorithm
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- Entertainment
- Math
- Music
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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMIA, an independent event. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.









