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| ID | 493 |
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| First Name | Sarah |
| Last Name | Schoel |
| Institution | Loras College |
| Speaker Category | undergraduate student |
| Title of Talk | Fractal Sequence Analysis and Creation of Art and Music |
| Abstract | For my seminar project, I have been analyzing fractal sequences and using them to create images and to modify musical compositions. A fractal sequence has a pattern that repeats at all scales. One well-known sequence is the Thue-Morse Sequence. This sequence is created by translating the positive integers into base(2) and then adding the digits for each number and taking mod(2) of the result. This forms a pattern of zeroes and ones that continues infinitely. If consecutive numbers are put into groups of two, a unique characteristic about this sequence is revealed. When the first number of every set is kept and the second removed, the remaining numbers create the original pattern. I have shown that translating the integers into base(n) and summing digits mod(n) elicits a similar pattern. I will show how these sequences can then be translated into art and music and analyze the results. |
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| Suitable for undergraduates? | ? |
| Day Preference | none |
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| Date Submitted | 10/13/2017 |
| Year | 2017 |