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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 |