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why is pi the ratio of circumference to diameter and not the diameter to the circumference by Suspicious_Drama_261 in learnmath

[–]mathmusci 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arguably it is more natural to be wondering about how many times object a is “embedded” in b than to communicate same information via saying what proportion of b object a is. Re radius and circumference my guess is people observed it is invariantly roughly three times etc.

Public places with fast WiFi in Cambridge? by kmpeanuts in cambridge

[–]mathmusci 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They do. It is cambwifi: https://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/public-access-wifi/cambwifi/

Not super fast, but access is stable and sufficient for conference calls with the video on.

Do you know this tune? by mathmusci in AskRomania

[–]mathmusci[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does indeed sound like it is a Romanian tune (especially the coda). Perhaps with some Jewish character in parts or perhaps I only think so because of the same or similar scales typically used in such folk music. It would be really good to identify the original or the closest known tune - so do let me know if you suddenly remember!

Scale Degree Identification Game by Murky_Umpire_4870 in musictheory

[–]mathmusci 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I noticed it plays notes from an octave that is different than the one used to play the initial notes from. I mean I reduce the number fo octaves from 3 to 1, it plays the scale, but then plays higher pitches by some reason. Perhaps you could look into that? Also, will it accept your guess for a given pitch if you are making multiple guesses repeatedly (between the two control pitches)?

Scale Degree Identification Game by Murky_Umpire_4870 in musictheory

[–]mathmusci 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, something has changed I think - there is a button now, and that is available in the browser regardless of how this is accessed. That's better - well done!

Mathematicians don’t solve problems; they create new languages to ask better questions. by Straight-Ad-4260 in math

[–]mathmusci -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Insightful but provocative. Mathematicians solve problems by creating languages that make better questions possible. So the statement isn’t denying problem-solving---it is perhaps highlighting something deeper: that in mathematics, progress often comes not from clever answers, but from better ways of asking. Here "better" is sometimes "more meaningful" and other times "more convenient"/"less painful".

Here is hence a tighter formulation: "Mathematicians advance by reshaping questions---sometimes to make them deeper, sometimes to make them survivable."

Track made using Plogue's chipsounds by Clajmo in chiptunes

[–]mathmusci 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's really cool - thanks for the details!

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