Comments for Frazier Institute of Mathematics (F.I.M.) http://fraziermath.wordpress.com The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Advanced Math Homework by Savannah Sorden http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/advanced-math-homework/#comment-216 Savannah Sorden Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:00:23 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/advanced-math-homework/#comment-216 I found a chart that shows how many digits of pi we are know every ten years. The last one was in 2000. The digits of pi were know up to decimals of 10 to the 12th power! I found a chart that shows how many digits of pi we are know every ten years. The last one was in 2000. The digits of pi were know up to decimals of 10 to the 12th power!

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Emma http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-215 Emma Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:46:35 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-215 I think that math and music really are connected.I play the piano, so I knew that they were related in some ways because you have to make the notes and counts equal to the ammount of beats that need to be in a measure. Also, in ballet and other types of dance you have to use math to count out the beats in the music. While I was reading this article I found out that math and music are related in more ways than I thought. I didn't know that it was possible for scientists to take a piece of music and turn it into math. I thought that was really interesting. It makes me look at music in a whole different way! I think that math and music really are connected.I play the piano, so I knew that they were related in some ways because you have to make the notes and counts equal to the ammount of beats that need to be in a measure. Also, in ballet and other types of dance you have to use math to count out the beats in the music. While I was reading this article I found out that math and music are related in more ways than I thought. I didn’t know that it was possible for scientists to take a piece of music and turn it into math. I thought that was really interesting. It makes me look at music in a whole different way!

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Shelby Rush http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-214 Shelby Rush Sat, 17 May 2008 02:36:51 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-214 I think that music and math really do combine. As I was reading the article I thought it was crazy, but after reading it, and some of the other comments I very much agree. As said by Myles, (involving the deaf situation) that is a really great connection for music. Also, I can make a connection because I play piano. I think this allowed me to be more open to the subject, and I really understand how a certain math lesson, could resemble a chord for example on the piano. I really think that articles like this allow you to open up to other parts of school that really interst you. I thought hey I love math, and i love piano but theres no way they can relate. Now I realize they do, and I am really amazed that I never could've noticed that. It's a great realization! I think that music and math really do combine. As I was reading the article I thought it was crazy, but after reading it, and some of the other comments I very much agree. As said by Myles, (involving the deaf situation) that is a really great connection for music. Also, I can make a connection because I play piano. I think this allowed me to be more open to the subject, and I really understand how a certain math lesson, could resemble a chord for example on the piano. I really think that articles like this allow you to open up to other parts of school that really interst you. I thought hey I love math, and i love piano but theres no way they can relate. Now I realize they do, and I am really amazed that I never could’ve noticed that. It’s a great realization!

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Matthew Childress http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-213 Matthew Childress Sun, 11 May 2008 22:08:40 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-213 It was a very interesting article. I play the saxophone. At first it seemed very unlikely for there to really to be a connection, but after i really thought about it it seemed to make sense!!! Wow, this article really gets you thinking! It was a very interesting article. I play the saxophone. At first it seemed very unlikely for there to really to be a connection, but after i really thought about it it seemed to make sense!!! Wow, this article really gets you thinking!

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Michelle K. http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-212 Michelle K. Sun, 04 May 2008 21:45:49 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-212 Reading this article reminds me of when one of my dance instructors told me that math was related to ballet in many ways. Hearing that the music and the dancing I do is also related to math facinates me. Just this year, my science teacher had my class study some excerpts from a Bill Bryson book on Math and Science. Reading that also opened my eyes to see how much math is actually used each day for things that no one realizes are math based. Another example of how music and math are related could be how fractions are like the measures and rythm. Also, the set theory can be related to key scales. Reading this article reminds me of when one of my dance instructors told me that math was related to ballet in many ways. Hearing that the music and the dancing I do is also related to math facinates me. Just this year, my science teacher had my class study some excerpts from a Bill Bryson book on Math and Science. Reading that also opened my eyes to see how much math is actually used each day for things that no one realizes are math based.

Another example of how music and math are related could be how fractions are like the measures and rythm. Also, the set theory can be related to key scales.

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Rachel Belcher http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-211 Rachel Belcher Thu, 01 May 2008 00:52:35 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-211 This article was very interesting. I can see how many people relate Music and Math. I personally can relate the two because I am a musician. I play the Viola in the Tri-North Orchestra and I have to work with math in that class everyday. What really strikes me as interesting is how the scientist can take a piece of music and turn it into math. That is just amazing to me! Anyway because scientists are developing these new ways to relate music to math the technology is developing which means there are a lot of possibilities of new technology in the future. All in all, I think that what the scientists are studying is important and people should pay attention to this because it will be beneficial in the future. This article was very interesting. I can see how many people relate Music and Math. I personally can relate the two because I am a musician. I play the Viola in the Tri-North Orchestra and I have to work with math in that class everyday.

What really strikes me as interesting is how the scientist can take a piece of music and turn it into math. That is just amazing to me! Anyway because scientists are developing these new ways to relate music to math the technology is developing which means there are a lot of possibilities of new technology in the future.

All in all, I think that what the scientists are studying is important and people should pay attention to this because it will be beneficial in the future.

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Quinten Satterfield http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-210 Quinten Satterfield Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:37:06 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-210 I have to agree with Myles on this, I mean, think of how many opportunities that this opens up for deaf people. Though, I think that the concept of the theory is not to help deaf people watch their music, but to visualize it in a mental way. If the music is playing a classic tune, for example, the person would watch the display and seeing that the image is smooth, they interpret that the music is calm and soothing. I don’t know, that might have sounded really obvious, but maybe, just maybe, this wasn’t an invention for entertainment. It might as well be a tool to help deaf people compose classical pieces. Man, 21st century composers have it easy now. I was watching a program some time ago where a scientist was using sound to help blind people see their surroundings. By using pixels, say if there was a building, he would be able to tell what the building looked like. The pixels stacked on top of each other would generate a loud sound and the pixels that were separated by the windows would make a softer sound. It sounds complicated yes, but with these two pieces of technology, we could be seeing the dawn of a new age; where visually as well as hearing impaired human beings have the capability to develop and function like people who aren’t handicapped in these conditions. This article, to me, was worth reading I have to agree with Myles on this, I mean, think of how many opportunities that this opens up for deaf people. Though, I think that the concept of the theory is not to help deaf people watch their music, but to visualize it in a mental way.
If the music is playing a classic tune, for example, the person would watch the display and seeing that the image is smooth, they interpret that the music is calm and soothing.
I don’t know, that might have sounded really obvious, but maybe, just maybe, this wasn’t an invention for entertainment. It might as well be a tool to help deaf people compose classical pieces. Man, 21st century composers have it easy now.
I was watching a program some time ago where a scientist was using sound to help blind people see their surroundings. By using pixels, say if there was a building, he would be able to tell what the building looked like. The pixels stacked on top of each other would generate a loud sound and the pixels that were separated by the windows would make a softer sound.
It sounds complicated yes, but with these two pieces of technology, we could be seeing the dawn of a new age; where visually as well as hearing impaired human beings have the capability to develop and function like people who aren’t handicapped in these conditions. This article, to me, was worth reading

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Isaiah Paikos http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-208 Isaiah Paikos Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:22:20 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-208 This is really cool, because I used to play piano and like myles said the notes could make different shapes and designs. I can kind of see how they would connect, like the lesson Adv. Math students are doing or just recently did has different slopes on a grid. This could also be a great way that they could teach deaf people to play music, with the slopes going up and down and certain shapes mean certain notes. If they did not want to use shapes and slopes then like how music has seven notes then they could use the numbers one through seven. And for sharps and flats they could use some kind of exponets, like -1 for flats and +1 for sharps plus nothing for a normal note. All in all this is a very interesting subject I may look into more and I suggest that other people like scientist should do the same. Lastly, This would connect math and music and also help more deaf people play music like Beethoven. o/ o__| \__ W \ Ballin! This is really cool, because I used to play piano and like myles said the notes could make different shapes and designs. I can kind of see how they would connect, like the lesson Adv. Math students are doing or just recently did has different slopes on a grid. This could also be a great way that they could teach deaf people to play music, with the slopes going up and down and certain shapes mean certain notes. If they did not want to use shapes and slopes then like how music has seven notes then they could use the numbers one through seven. And for sharps and flats they could use some kind of exponets, like -1 for flats and +1 for sharps plus nothing for a normal note.

All in all this is a very interesting subject I may look into more and I suggest that other people like scientist should do the same. Lastly, This would connect math and music and also help more deaf people play music like Beethoven.

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]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Rose C. http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-207 Rose C. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:27:50 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-207 I play the piano, and at first it was hard for me to make a connection from the strict rule based world of math to the unpredictable world of music.However once I thought about it some more I began to realize what the professors meant when they said that math can be represented through geometry. Now when ever I play notes and chords, I can imagine how a particular song would look in math form. I play the piano, and at first it was hard for me to make a connection from the strict rule based world of math to the unpredictable world of music.However once I thought about it some more I began to realize what the professors meant when they said that math can be represented through geometry. Now when ever I play notes and chords, I can imagine how a particular song would look in math form.

]]> Comment on Extra Credit: Math and music connected? by Rose C. http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/extra-credit-math-and-music-connected/#comment-206 Rose C. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:55 +0000 http://fraziermath.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-206 I play the piano, and at first it was hard for me to make a connection from the strict rule based world of math to the unpredictable world of music.However once I thought about it some more I began to realize what the professors meant when they said that math can be represented through geometry. Now when ever I play notes and chords, I can imagine how a particular song would look math form. I play the piano, and at first it was hard for me to make a connection from the strict rule based world of math to the unpredictable world of music.However once I thought about it some more I began to realize what the professors meant when they said that math can be represented through geometry. Now when ever I play notes and chords, I can imagine how a particular song would look math form.

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