You hear the musical saw. These mathematicians heard geometry.
May 2022
A scientist who has studied falling playing cards, coiling rope and other phenomena has now analyzed what transforms a carpenter’s tool into a sonorous instrument.
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Geometric control of topological dynamics in a singing saw. Suraj Shankar, Petur Bryde and L. Mahadevan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 119 | No. 17
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