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Title

Musical Representations of the Fibonacci String and Proteins Using Mathematica
Authors

Erik Jensen
Organization: Diablo Valley College
Ronald J. Rusay
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Conference

1999 International Mathematica Symposium
Description

Mathematica has been used in a novel application to produce music from algorithmic strings derived from the Fibonacci string and from amino acid sequences found in the primary structure of proteins. The musical output provides an example of a new dimension in assessing organizational patterns in complex mathematical strings and in chemistry for macromolecules. Structures and data can be heard as an adjunct to being visualized.
Subjects

*Applied Mathematics > Visualization
*Arts and Humanities > Music
Keywords

musical representation, Fibonacci string, proteins, algorithmic music
URL

http://www.internationalmathematicasymposium.org/IMS99/ims99papers/ims99papers.html