BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dmitri Tymoczko (Princeton University\, and Santa Fe Institute) DTSTART:20260501T153000Z DTEND:20260501T164500Z DTSTAMP:20260513T122821Z UID:CompMath/30 DESCRIPTION:Title: Music and Symmetry\nby Dmitri Tymoczko (Princeton University\, and S anta Fe Institute) as part of Relatorium seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAlmost all music is concerned with three fundamental properties: pulse\, pitch\, and transformed repetition. Many musical transformations are invertible\, an d hence generate symmetry groups. Symmetry groups in turn give rise to a rich network of mathematical structures including quotient spaces and the fundamental group. This conceptual network originally appeared in conjunc tion with continuous spaces\, but recent work has shown it to be universal . My talk will outline this universal structure and explore some of its co nsequences\, not just for making and understanding music\, but also for th inking about larger philosophical questions.\n\nSpeaker's bio: \nDmitri Ty moczko is a composer and theorist who teaches at Princeton university and is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute.\n\nModerator's bio: \nTed Theod osopoulos is a mathematician who\, after working for years in academia and industry\, transitioned to teaching at the pre-college level sixteen year s ago\, the last eight at Nueva\, where he teaches math and economics. Ted ’s research background is in the area of interacting stochastic systems\ , with particular applications in biology and economics.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/CompMath/30/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR