Maximally even sets and configurations: Common threads in mathematics, physics, and music

Journal of Combinatorial Optimization

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-410

  Douthett, Jack ^a   Krantz, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex weighting functions; Ising model; Maximally even; Musical scales; Spectra

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONVEX WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS; ISING MODELS; MUSICAL SCALES;

SET THEORY;

EID: 34848865052     PISSN: 13826905     EISSN: 15732886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10878-006-9041-5     Document Type: Article

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