Kan je de vorm van een trommel horen?

Jan Vonk invites you to listen to and watch the surprising world of mathematical drums. Prick up your ears for a journey of discovery full of music, unusual shapes and secrets!

Strike a drum and it produces its own sound. But does that sound also tell us what shape the drum is? In this lecture, we’ll listen to and look at mathematical drums, from an ordinary string to mathematical drums in higher dimensions. Along the way, we’ll encounter various drums that sound the same, a reckless mathematical vandal, and a secret code that was cracked by a gang of rowdy Belgians with a few well-aimed blows on a four-dimensional drum. Prick up your ears!

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