Dr Marcel Jackson (Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University) talks about the practical applications of maths and La Trobe's successes in educating.

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Maths Matters

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Associate Professor Marcel Jackson (Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University) explains where to find the mathematics in music. 

A lot has been written about the role of mathematics in analysing harmony and what makes two notes sound right together but much less has been written when it comes to rhythm.

Marcel explores the similarities between rhythm and mathematics - with only one equation!

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Rhythm in the Numbers

Emeritus Professor Brian Davey (Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University) explains orders and lattice theory.

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Order and Lattice Theory

Three-Valued Logic

Professor David Clark (Mathematics, SUNY) on recent successful applications of evolutionary computation to the problem of finding terms to represent arbitrarily given term operations on a finite groupoid.

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Maths Matters

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