We’re back to regular talks guys, and this time we have a quite experienced speaker, Chris Reid. Chris has given SUMS talks since 2003, mostly on the Riemann Hypothesis. This time however, he is venturing into new ground with MUSIC! Here is his abstract: Everyone likes music, right? But how does music actually manage to affect us in the many ways that it does? Well, that’s a ridiculously difficult question to answer if you ask me. So, instead I’ll present some of the simple principals of sound and music with the vague target of generating some "cool" electronically generated sounds. Specifically, I’ll be mentioning things related to waves, pitch, harmonics, rhythm, tone/tone colour, human speech, vibrato, resonance, etc. Hopefully, most of the concepts will be accompanied by examples in the form of actual Mathematica-generated sounds using explicit formulas! This will likely be the best talk of the (relatively short) year so far, so be sure to come along! Talk: Sounds, Music, and Mathematics Speaker: Chris Reid Where: Carslaw 451 When: Friday April 18, 1-2pm