Scott Rickard: The Beautiful Math Behind the World’s Ugliest Music

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To create the worst possible piece of music free of repetition, Scott Rickard turned to the Costas Array, a mathematical idea he learned in college. In this surprisingly interesting discussion, he explains the mathematics that underpins musical beauty and its polar opposite.

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