Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?

1966/04/01 by Mark Kac · 73 citations
Computer Science · #Music Technology and Sound Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/00029890.1966.11970915

Abstract

(1966). Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum? The American Mathematical Monthly: Vol. 73, No. 4P2, pp. 1-23.

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