[r-t] Prof Hart
ALEX BYRNE
alex.byrne at btinternet.com
Tue Oct 13 11:26:50 BST 2020
Philip Earis wrote:
> Even more relevant, the same presenter will be giving a further
> lecture
> in the same series at 1pm of Tuesday 5 January 2021, on 'The
> Mathematics
> of Bell Ringing'. See
> https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/maths-bellringing
> <https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/maths-bellringing> .
> Here,
> "This lecture will look at change ringing, which is ringing a series
> of
> tuned bells (as you might find in the bell tower of a church) in a
> particular sequence, and this has exciting mathematical properties. We
> will also ask: why are bells bell-shaped? What properties of this
> shape
> create the sound of a bell, and by what amount should we scale the
> size
> of a bell to produce changes in pitch?"
> Has anyone interacted with Prof Hart before?
I'm also curious to know who she's collaborated with in the wonderful
world of ringing theory, so have emailed her to ask.
Alex.
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