TED: The beautiful math behind the world's ugliest music | Scott Rickard

The video explores the concept of repetition in music and its role in creating beauty. It delves into the challenge of composing music without repetition, inspired by sonar technology. John Costas developed a pattern-free sonar ping, leading to the creation of Costas Arrays. These arrays, based on prime number theory, allow for the composition of pattern-free music. The video culminates in the premiere of a pattern-free piano sonata, highlighting the intersection of mathematics and music.

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