Eigenvalues and Musical Instruments

Most musical instruments are built from physical systems that oscillate at certain natural frequencies. The frequencies are the imaginary parts of the eigenvalues of a linear operator, and the decay rates are the negatives of the real parts, so it ought to be possible to given an approximate idea of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Howle, V, Trefethen, L
Format: Report
Published: Unspecified 1997